YAMUNANAGAR: Rohit (60), a former police home guard from Uttar Pradesh (UP) who went missing 28 years ago and had been considered dead by his family, has been reunited with his kith and kin.
Since April 25, Rohit had been living at a shelter, Ni Aasre Da Aasra, in Magharpur village of Yamunanagar district.
An official said Rohit had trouble recollecting information about himself.
Rohit’s family has been traced with efforts made by assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Rakesh Kumar, who is posted in anti-human trafficking cell of Haryana Police crime branch, Panchkula.
After a video call, Rohit’s son Amarnath and grandson reached Magharpur village to take him back.
“We searched for him for many years.
After losing hope, we thought that he is no more and also peformed his kriya karma (last rites), and recorded him as dead in records,” said Amarnath.
“We received a video call from ASI Rakesh and I identified my father in the same.
I amextremely happy and cannot believe this.
This is nothing less than a miracle for us,” said Amarnath.
Rakesh said Amarnath told them that Rohit was employed as a home guard in Mirzapur, UP, when he suffered an epileptic seizure and went missing.
“As I work on such cases, I remained in touch with Jaskirat Singh, who runs Ni Aasre Da Aasra.
Jaskirat told me that they found a 60-year-old man, Rohit, near Shahabad, Kurukshetra, who said his father’s name is Vishvanath.” “When I counselled him, Rohit named a village, Vijval.
On the basis of the same, we started searching for his family.
I found his family in about a week.
From Rohit’s Vijval village, we came to know his family shifted to Bhatta village in Prayagraj, UP, about 20 years ago.
We contacted the family there, shared Rohit’s photo and they identified him,” said ASI Rakesh.
“The family said Rohit’s son lives in Gurgaon.
Then we contacted him through a video call and he identified his father.
The family took him home on Thursday.
The paperwork has been done and some proceedings are ongoing,” said Rakesh.