Sambalpur, June 29: Three minor boys who had gone missing from Rourkela town have been rescued from Sambalpur on Tuesday.

The boys have been identified as Suraj Mundari, Akash Mundari and Subash Sarki Pajya, who are the natives of Malgodam area in the Steel  City.

Sources said, that the trio had gone missing from May 28 after they went out for the nearest park to play. Their parents had lodged complaint with the Udit Nagar police the next day. At the same time the worrying parents undertook a frantic search in the nearby places for the boys. Meanwhile, they were informed that the children are with the Sambalpur RPF.

Acting on it, they reached at the Sambalpur district Collector on Tuesday and asked for his assistance in this connection. Following this, the boys were handed over to the parents by the RPF authorities in co-ordination with the Child-line today.