Mangaluru: A man who is 32-year-old mentally ill, who was picked up from the train station, was fed and housed for almost a year, has been reunited with his family in Bihar.
Lakhan Kumar worked as a cleaner when he was abandoned by the driver here in July last year.
He left without food for 10 days when he was found.
“When we reached the Mangaluru Junction train station in our ambulance, Kumar was exhausted because of starvation.
He was afraid of getting out of the warehouse for fear of the police and pandemic.
He also experienced mental depression.
We immediately took him to the hospital and then shifted him to our rehabilitation center,” said Mohammed Asif, founder of the Maimuna Foundation.
“We gave him food and took care of it in our center for almost a year before sending him back to his family in the village of Agu Chapra in Siwan.” Has come looking for JobKumar has come to Mangaluru to find work and he fulfills the needs of the lock.
Go to fight for himself, without food or residence, Kumar becomes depressed.
After days roaming, he took refuge in the warehouse at the train station.
Even when recovering at the foundation, he failed to give his family details.
In September 2020, the organization had rehabilitated a mentally disturbed man who roamed the streets, with the help of Dakshina Kannada Anjana Patel Samaj.
Using their extensive network throughout the country, Samaj has found a man’s family in Jodhpur and sent him back.
When members of the group saw Kumar at the center of the foundation, they sent a feeling again.
“With the help of Patel Samaj President Panch Ram and other members, Lakhan Kumar’s family was traced to Siwan.
His brother Adhiraj Chouhan came here and took him back on July 15,” Asif said.