Five boys of the same village who fled their homes have been rescued and brought back home. 

Police caught the boys of age 14-15, while they were on their way to India from Julaghat border point in Baitadi on Thursday evening. They have been handed over to their respective parents.

The ninth grader at Kalagaun-based Rauleshwor Secondary School had made a plan to flee to India at their school. Their parents had informed the police after the boys went missing.