The teenager ladies needed to fulfill the favored Korean pop band in Seoul (File)
Chennai:
By no means of their wildest goals, three faculty ladies of a village, tucked away in a sleepy area of Karur district had imagined that their ardour for music and dance would at some point goad them to take the trail unknown; of trying to journey to a overseas nation with little cash and with out passports.
Passionate followers of BTS, the massively fashionable Korean pop band, the women, all aged 13 and college students of Class 8 in a state-run faculty, determined to go all the best way to Seoul, the South Korean capital, to fulfill their liked stars.
“They took a agency determination to someway meet the BTS stars and shortlisted the seaports of Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh to take a ship to South Korea they usually ultimately selected Visakhapatnam,” a Little one Welfare Committee official informed PTI.
The ladies quietly stepped out of their houses on January 4 and reached Chennai after taking a prepare from Erode, which is close to Karur.
Because the ladies didn’t return house, their mother and father lodged a grievance with Karur police, who alerted authorities state-wide and started searches.
Although the youngsters collectively had nearly Rs 14,000 with them, their financial savings, they naively believed that they might nonetheless make it. After a lot problem, they obtained a room in a Chennai resort on Thursday evening and had been underneath the impression that they might take a ship to Seoul with out passports.
On Friday, their determined makes an attempt to go forward dragged them from pillar to publish they usually misplaced all power. Left with no alternative, they boarded a prepare from Chennai to succeed in their houses.
“At Katpadi railway station, after they obtained down at mid evening to purchase meals, they missed the prepare. Police personnel spoke to the youngsters and Little one Line authorities and we had been alerted,” P Vedanayagam, head of Vellore District Little one Welfare Committee mentioned.
They had been accommodated in a state-run facility in Vellore district and their mother and father had been summoned and counselling periods had been held for the youngsters and their mother and father.
“We learnt that the women knew the minutest particulars in regards to the BTS band and the celebrities, the best way they dressed and what not; that they had purchased footwear just like those utilized by the pop band stars.” The BTS stars had been their inspiration and unhindered entry to smartphones led to obsession. “It was very clear to us that they yearned for a lifetime of dance and music.” Nevertheless, their determination ‘to go overseas’ to chase their goals was a horrible mistake and this was conveyed to them politely.
The official mentioned the youngsters had been inspired to focus solely on research which might assist them realise their goals, no matter it could be.
“We informed the youngsters in regards to the significance of training and its worth and suggested the mother and father to keep watch over what their kids do.” The kids had been informed that smartphones and the web, although helpful in on a regular basis life, ought to be utilised primarily for training associated functions.
“The household background of the youngsters too can’t be ignored. Within the case of 1 woman, it was a single guardian. One other woman’s father is mentally challenged. The moms of those ladies work as farm labourers. They’ve little or no time to watch what their kids do and what they need.” The mother and father had been requested to make appropriate preparations to maintain their kids to make sure that they get assist and steerage. After counselling, the youngsters had been despatched to their house district with their mother and father they usually took a prepare on January 6 evening.
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