Two days after a 13-year-old Covid-positive boy was found alone at the Sealdah station parking lot on Monday morning, no efforts were allegedly made either by police, railway police or the NGO that rescued him, to look for his father.

Police said Childline, which had rescued the boy, was his custodian and was responsible for the next procedures, while the NGO officials said as they had informed the local police and they should also launch a search for the father.

Railway officials said they had “nothing to do” with the incident as it happened just outside the station building, which is not under the railway’s jurisdiction.

The boy is currently at the safe home in Uttirno and undergoing Covid treatment. “He is asymptomatic and is responding well,” said a health department official at Uttirno.

The official added that they have received an email from an NGO that has requested for the child’s custody after his recovery. “We have also received more than one request from people who want to sponsor the child’s education.”

According to the procedure, once the child is fit to be discharged, he is supposed to be produced before the Child Welfare Committee in presence of his guardian. The CWC is expected to decide on the next course of action.

“We have tried to search for the child’s father outside the Sealdah station area today. But in absence of any photograph it is a difficult task. We have informed Entally police station. They should formally search for his father,” said an official of the Childline — a central government NGO.

Senior officers in Entally police station said they have received an “intimation” about a child being rescued from their jurisdiction.

“It is for the NGO that rescued the child to look for his father. We can chip in only when specifically told to,” said an officer.