Huddled together in the corner of one of the world 's busiest railway station , these are the abandoned children who were reunited with their mother thanks to a Twitter appeal . The three youngsters , Rahnuma , seven , Raja , five , and four-year-old Sanya were dumped at New Delhi station by their father , who had taken them out for the day . He told the children that their mother would come and collect them before fleeing leaving them cold , scared and hungry . The picture of the three abandoned children Rahnuma , seven , Sanya , four , and Raja , five , who were dumped at New Dehli railway station by their father . The picture was taken by local journalist Abhishek Shukla , who posted it on Twitter , asking people to help them . However , local journalist Abhishek Shukla , 33 , spotted the siblings huddling together for warm as they slept on one of the platforms , while he was seeing off his elderly parents on a train . Concerned about their well-being , but not having time to speak to them , he took a picture and posted it to Twitter with the message : 'Can someone help these helpless kids at New Dehli Railway Station near platform 16 entrance . ' The tweet soon went viral and local police chief Madhur Verman sent his officers to the scene . When they were eventually found on platform one , they were 'sobbing uncontrollably ' and too scared and confused to tell officers how they got to the station , NDTV reported . He said : 'When officers arrived they found the children had gone . Eventually , after an hour , they were found hiding on another platform . Saved : After the tweet went viral , Rahnuma , Sanya , and their brother Raja , were helped by police . Police then went to the train station to rescue the children and track down their mother , who was unaware of what had happened to them . Ms Tabassum , the children 's mother , who had not been contacted by her ex husband to say where the youngsters were . 'They were cold , hungry and scared . When we arrived at the mother ’ s house she was asleep and said she had been working and had not been contacted by her ex husband . 'As far as she was aware the children were staying with him . We are now looking to question the man . ' Later Mr Shukla was informed that the children had been reunited with their mother and then tweeted his delight . He wrote : 'Today morning safely handed over to mother Ms Tabassum . They are happy . ( sic ) ' It is estimated that there are over 11 million children in India , who are abandoned and live on the streets . Many of them go to the country 's extensive railway stations to flee to cities in the hope of finding a better life . However , when they arrive there , they are often alone and lost and find themselves having to live on the platforms .
Siblings Rahnuma , Raja and Sanya were dumped at New Dehli station . They were abandoned by their father after spending the day with him . A concerned journalist took a picture of the siblings huddled together . The tweet went viral and police went to the station to rescue the children . Their mother was tracked down and they were eventually reunited with her .