Hyderabad: A scene from a Bollywood film’Bajrangi Bhaijaan‘ I played last weekend Vijayawada, A superintendent of a children’s home for boys helped a 15-year-old with learning difficulties, Muhammad BashaThe man who had gone missing five years ago was reunited with his family in Vijayawada.
The boy had gone missing on June 12, 2018 while playing with his friends during the month of Ramzan. Coincidentally, he was reunited with his family in the holy month.
“The boy may have boarded a train at Vijayawada and got down at Warangal. He was rescued by the police and child line and shifted to a government house in Warangal. On being assessed by the staff there, he found that he had about 40-50% intellectual disability and started therapy, but he said only three words about his past life – Bibi, Basha and Chennai,” Superintendent, Children’s Home , Nageshwar Rao told TOI.
In December 2020, he was shifted to the Children’s Home in Hyderabad under the Juvenile Welfare Branch and placed under the care of Nageswara Rao, who made it his mission to find the child’s family.
Nageswara Rao said, “It was very difficult to get any details from him. So, we checked the Darpan face recognition app for missing child requests, checked with police officials, but to no avail. Finally, we contacted the Mooserbagh base Contacted the center. ,
This is what happened with the child.s iris scan, they traced his address Indra Nagar in Vijayawada. However, the lead failed as local officials confirmed that all the old door numbers had been changed since the village was amalgamated into a municipality.
On 7 April, Rao landed in Indra Nagar and conducted a house-to-house search. Word spread that such a search was taking place, and a snack vendor eventually recognized the child.
What happened next were tears of joy. “The family was in complete disbelief. It was time for ‘Iftar’. They cried, thanked me and shared their food with me. I took all their documents and verified them. Turns out, they had also made the missing posters and Tried to lodge a complaint, but could not,” Rao said. On 10 April, the boy was reunited with his family.
The boy had gone missing on June 12, 2018 while playing with his friends during the month of Ramzan. Coincidentally, he was reunited with his family in the holy month.
“The boy may have boarded a train at Vijayawada and got down at Warangal. He was rescued by the police and child line and shifted to a government house in Warangal. On being assessed by the staff there, he found that he had about 40-50% intellectual disability and started therapy, but he said only three words about his past life – Bibi, Basha and Chennai,” Superintendent, Children’s Home , Nageshwar Rao told TOI.
In December 2020, he was shifted to the Children’s Home in Hyderabad under the Juvenile Welfare Branch and placed under the care of Nageswara Rao, who made it his mission to find the child’s family.
Nageswara Rao said, “It was very difficult to get any details from him. So, we checked the Darpan face recognition app for missing child requests, checked with police officials, but to no avail. Finally, we contacted the Mooserbagh base Contacted the center. ,
This is what happened with the child.s iris scan, they traced his address Indra Nagar in Vijayawada. However, the lead failed as local officials confirmed that all the old door numbers had been changed since the village was amalgamated into a municipality.
On 7 April, Rao landed in Indra Nagar and conducted a house-to-house search. Word spread that such a search was taking place, and a snack vendor eventually recognized the child.
What happened next were tears of joy. “The family was in complete disbelief. It was time for ‘Iftar’. They cried, thanked me and shared their food with me. I took all their documents and verified them. Turns out, they had also made the missing posters and Tried to lodge a complaint, but could not,” Rao said. On 10 April, the boy was reunited with his family.