Never in their wildest dreams, three schoolgirls from a hidden village in a rural area of Karur district anticipated that their passion for music and dance would one day take them down an uncharted path: trying to go to a foreign country with little money and without passports.
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- Who were the girls who found themselves running away to meet BTS?
- When did they leave the house?
- How did the authorities find them?
Who were the girls who found themselves running away to meet BTS?
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The girls, all 13 years old and eighth graders at a state school, decided to travel to Seoul, the capital of South Korea, to meet their idols.
“They took a firm decision to somehow meet the BTS stars and shortlisted the sea ports of Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh to take a ship to South Korea, and finally chose Visakhapatnam,” the official told PTI .
When did they leave the house?
On January 4, the girls secretly left their homes and traveled to Chennai by train from Erode near Karur. When the girls did not return home, their parents lodged a complaint with the Karur police, who notified authorities across the state and launched a search.
Despite having only 14,000 rupees saved, the teenagers were optimistic about their ability to survive. After much struggle, they were able to get a room in a Chennai hotel on Thursday night and believed they could take a boat to Seoul without passports.
On Friday, their desperate attempts to move forward took them from pillar to post and they ran out of energy. They had no choice but to board a train from Chennai to return home.
How did the authorities find them?
They were lodged in a government institution in Vellore district and their parents were summoned. Counseling sessions were held for both youth and parents.
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Parents were asked to make appropriate care arrangements for their children so that they could receive help and guidance. After receiving counselling, the children were returned to their home district with their parents, where they boarded a train on January 6.
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Source: vtt.edu.vn