A massive manhunt was launched to find out Samir Bhagvan Dhumal (16), Swapnil Dnyanoba Bhonsale (13) and Samir Raghunath Walunj (15) after they left their houses without informing anyone.

The search was called off after the three boys called up their parents on Friday morning saying that they had been `picnicking' in Mumbai for a day and that they were on their way back.

They had left their homes around 10.30 a.m. Their parents began searching for their wards an hour later.

They file a missing persons case at Deccan Gymkhana police station.The police alerted their counterparts in Pune and neighbouring towns. The mystery behind the disappearance of the school-going boys was solved only after their parents received their call on Friday morning.

PCMC project at Ajanthanagar
Work on the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC)'s slum-upgradation project at Ajanthanagar in Akurdi will commence from Saturday. Congress leader Sharad Pawar and Mata Amurtanandmayidevi will lay the foundation stone for the project tomorrow at 9 a.m.

State cultural minister Pramod Navalkar, RPI leader Ramdas Athavale will also be present for the function.

The project envisages construction of a total of 1416 tenements for slum dwellers. In the first phase, work on construction of 400 tenements will be taken up. The work will incur an expenditure of Rs 4.84 crore. The tenements will be 221 sq feet to 231 sq feet in area.