Hyderabad: Instagram helps find runaway

Hyderabad: The cyber crime police of Rachakonda  traced a missing 16-year-old when he opened his Instagram account.

According to the police, Dosapati Nivas Goud, an Intermediate first year in  Narayana College at Hayathnagar, went missing. His parents lodged a complaint with the Rachakonda police.

The cops booked a case and began investigations. They noticed that his social media account was active and used that information to zero in on him at Padmarao-nagar.

They found that he had started working in a hotel. Nivas said his parents had refused his requested to stay at home and go to college as a day scholar. He was forced  to stay in a hostel and study, which he did not like.

He had run away from home to avoid going to  a hostel, he said.