'These children have no parents': Woman flees with paramour; leaves two kids in bus with grandfather's contact

A woman in Maharashtra's Beed district allegedly fled with her paramour after abandoning her two minor children in a state bus, police told PTI.

Before fleeing on Sunday, she allegedly placed a handwritten note in her children's pocket that mentioned an address in Yavatmal and her father’s mobile number, they said.

The woman is a resident of Yavatmal and boarded the Tuljapur-Sambhajinagar bus on Sunday along with the children. However, she left her children on the bus before fleeing on a scooter, an official from Shivajinagar police station said on Wednesday.

The note left with the children read: "These children have no parents. Please send them to Yavatmal and ensure they reach safely."

It also mentioned an address in Yavatmal and the mobile phone number of the children's grandfather, according to the police.

It was the bus conductor who noticed the children crying and unattended before alerting the Shivajinagar police in Beed.

The children were taken into protective custody and were later sent to a child care home at Arvi in Shirur Kasar tehsil, PTI reported quoting an official from the local Child Welfare Committee said.

The police have contacted the children's grandfather using the phone number provided in the note and summoned him to Beed on May 18.

However, the man appeared more concerned about a scooter, a mobile phone, and Rs 20,000 allegedly taken by his daughter than about the welfare of his grandchildren, the police said.

Further investigation and legal action is underway.