Beed (Maharashtra) | A woman allegedly abandoned her two minor children in a state transport bus while fleeing with her paramour in Maharashtra's Beed district, police said.

Before leaving on Sunday, she placed a handwritten note in the children's pocket with an address in Yavatmal and her father's mobile number, they said.

The woman, a resident of Yavatmal, boarded the Tuljapur-Sambhajinagar bus on Sunday along with the children. She later abandoned them mid-journey and left with her paramour on a scooter, an official from Shivajinagar police station said on Wednesday.

The note left with the children read: "These children have no parents. Please send them to Yavatmal and ensure they reach safely." It also mentioned an address in Yavatmal and the mobile phone number of the children's grandfather, according to the police.

The bus conductor later noticed the children crying and unattended and alerted the Shivajinagar police in Beed, the official said.

The children were taken into protective custody and later sent to a child care home at Arvi in Shirur Kasar tehsil, an official from the local Child Welfare Committee said.

Meanwhile, police contacted the children's grandfather using the phone number provided in the note and summoned him to Beed on May 18.

However, the man appeared more concerned about a scooter, a mobile phone, and Rs 20,000 allegedly taken by his daughter than about the welfare of his grandchildren, the police said.

Further legal action was underway in the matter, they added.