India, June 30 -- The caretaker of a hostel-cum-boarding school in Kandivali West has been booked for allegedly assaulting two 11-year-old boys, prompting them to run away from the institution.

The incident came to light after personnel of the Dadar Government Railway Police (GRP) found the two boys loitering unattended at Dadar railway station on Saturday. The boys were taken to the GRP police station, where officers learnt that they had fled from Swagat Ashram, a residential institution in Ganesh Nagar, Kandivali West, after allegedly being assaulted by a staff member.

According to the police, one of the boys told investigators that he had been living with his parents and younger brother in Mankhurd. Following frequent disputes betwee...