Minor boy opts to go with parents

A minor boy, who was living with his 23-year old woman teacher since both of them went missing last year, was today produced by police in the Madras High Court bench here and opted to go with his mother.
The boy, who was recently traced to Tirupur where he and the teacher were working in a mill, was produced in the court in response to a habeas corpus petition filed by his mother.
A bench, comprising Justices A.Selvam and M Chockalingam, closed the petition after the boy opted to go with his mother when the judges asked him whether he wanted to go with his parents or live in a children's home.

The boy, a class X student of the government-aided school in Kadayanallur in Tirunvelveli District, and the teacher had allgedly run away from the town together last year.
On a complaint from the parents, police had registered a case of kidnap and sexual harassment against the teacher and arrested her last week.