It was really a ‘Happy New Year’ for a family, which was reunited with its missing child. The Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Krishna district, handed over the boy— Raju — to his parents here.
The couple — Lakshmi and Durga Rao — lost their three-year-old son on a train two months ago. They are natives of Katrenipalli village in East Godavari district. However, no police complaint was lodged.
A woman handed over Raju to the Government Railway Police (GRP) on October 28, 2018, who in turn produced the boy before the CWC for providing rehabilitation. The boy was provided temporary shelter in SKCV Home, a private child care institution (CCI).
Committee Chairman B.V.S. Kumar asked the police to trace the boy’s parents.
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“CWC posted the details of the boy along with his photograph in the ‘Missing Child’ portal, but drew a blank. We gave the details of the missing boy to various media, which was watched by a cell phone shop owner in the village, and alerted the parents,” Mr. Kumar said.
The couple approached the CWC, which handed over the boy after enquiring with the District Probation Officer of East Godavari.
Ms. Lakshmi narrated how they spent sleepless nights and suffered for the last two months without their only son. They hugged Raju, kissed him with tears rolling down their cheeks.
“The home staff struggled a lot to control the child, who was crying continuously for his mother. The CWC will monitor the welfare of the boy,” Mr. Kumar told The Hindu.
The parents thanked the home management, the railway police and the CWC, and celebrated New Year with them.