1,125 km just for Salman Khan - A 14-year-old boy

Awestruck by super star, teen runs away from home; endures starvation, heavy rain to meet his idol

Salman Khan mania has hit the ceiling! A 14-year-old boy awestruck by Salman Khan traversed all the way from Jabalpur to Mumbai all just for a glance of his idol.

Last night, fortunately, the police managed to trace him before he fell in to the wrong hands, thanks to a good samaritan.

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Rohit Shankar Thakur told MiD DAY that he was an avid fan of Salman and wanted to catch a glimpse of his star. In order to fulfill his dream, he ran from home with just a school bag containing two pairs of clothes.

The police told this reporter that Rohit had boarded a train from Jabalpur and came to Mumbai on September 1.


Rohit Thakur at Bandra police station last night. The teenager has come all the way from Jabalpur to see his role model actor Salman Khan

Initially, when he came to the city, he was lost and slept on footpaths at Bandstand near Salman's Galaxy apartment, in the hope that he would catch a glance of Salman.

An unknown man escorted Rohit from Bandra bus depot to the police station at 12 am. Police said that the man told them that the boy was crying to meet Salman Khan.

Speaking to MiD DAY, Rohit said, "I came from Jabalpur to Mumbai to see Salman. I saw him in lots of movies, but now I want to see him in real life. He has a big heart and loves poor people."

"I tried to meet him, but the watchman of his building, refused to let me go. I do not want anything; I only want to meet Salman Khan. The day he will meet me, I will go back," he further added.

A police official of Bandra police station said, that when they offered him food, he refused to have it, and insisted that he just wanted to meet Salman.

"We have contacted his parents, who reside in Jabalpur, and they will be here within two days," said Police Sub-Inspector Sambhaji Bhoite.

At the time of going to press, Rohit was still at Bandra police station and waiting for his parents' arrival.