Nagpur: A 17-year-old boy from Nagpur ran away from home after a disagreement with his mother over a meal that included okra, police said on Sunday.

The minor, upset that his mother had cooked a dish with the vegetable he disliked, left home without informing anyone. The Anti Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) tracked him down in Delhi and safely brought him back, an official from Kotwali police station confirmed.

"As per his family, the teen, who had just cleared his Class XII exams and was preparing for college admissions, disliked okra and would often pick up quarrels with his mother is she included it in various dishes. On the night of July 10, after one such argument with his 49-year-old mother, he left home in anger," the official said.

"He walked out at 11 pm that day and boarded a train for Delhi. Finding him missing through the night, the family approached police, following which a missing person complaint was registered.

A team under Inspector Lalita Todase spoke to his friends in Delhi and managed to trace him there," the official said. The teen was flown back to Nagpur and reunited with his family after police personnel counselled him for his act, the official added. PTI