Nepal’s “Buddha Boy” Missing

A 16-year-old boy who had been meditating and fasting in a Nepal forest for 10 months has been missing since Saturday morning, police say.

Locals and police searched the area in the southern district of Bara but have not been able to locate him so far.

Police have rejected reports that the young boy, popularly known as “Little Buddha“, may have been abducted.

His followers say Ram Bomjan may have moved deep inside the forest looking for a quieter place to meditate.

Hundreds of people used to visit the area every day where the young boy was meditating.

Make-shift shops had been set up by the locals to cater to the visitors who came from different parts of Nepal and neighbouring India.

Buddhist flags were erected around the site where Bomjan was meditating.

Booklets carrying his photo and CDs sold like hotcakes in Kathmandu and other parts of the country.

Source: BBC.