When they did not return home, their family members started searching for them, an official from Thane police control room told PTI.

After being unable to trace the children, their family members complained to police.

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The police have launched a search and registered a case of kidnapping against unidentified persons, the official told PTI.

Meanwhile, an extremely malnourished tribal boy was saved before his health could deteriorate further thanks to the timely intervention by an office-bearer of an NGO that works for the uplift of tribals in Maharashtra's Thane district, reported PTI.

Parents of the boy, aged 26 months, hail from Talyacha Pada hamlet in Waghivali in Bhiwandi taluka.

They approached the NGO, Shramajeevi Sanghatna, seeking its help to get their monthly payment after working at a farmhouse.

"The general secretary of the NGO, Balaram Bhoir, helped them. Meanwhile, he noticed that a boy in the arms of his mother was looking too weak. He referred the child to a hospital for treatment," a release said.

Doctors at the hospital found that the boy is extremely malnourished.

"The treatment of the child started at the hospital instantly. The NGO ensured that the family gets its essential food items every month under the PESA scheme till the boy recovers," Bhoir said.

In another incident, a seven-year-old girl was killed after a speeding tempo hit her in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said told PTI.

The incident took place at around 8 pm on August 19 in Bholenath Nagar of Bhayander area when the girl was playing outside her house, an official from Bhayander police station told PTI.

The injured girl was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared her brought dead, he said.

The body was later sent for postmortem.

(With inputs from PTI)