Airport officials at Tiruchy and the general public were witness to a moving family reunion on Thursday. A 11-month-old boy who lost his mother in Dubai due to COVID-19 was finally reconciled with his father and older sibling after two months. This reunion was possible after the intervention of Chief Minister MK Stalin.
The boy with his father and older brother at Tiruchy airport
Thiruchirapalli:
Owing to their economically weaker background, Bharathi (38), wife of Velevan (38) from Sitheri in Kallakurichi district went to Dubai along with their nine-month boy for household work while Velavan stayed back in India looking after their elder son while also doing petty jobs.
However, Bharathi was infected with coronavirus and succumbed to it recently. As per protocol, the Dubai government buried the body there itself. However, the family’s plight was brought to the notice of DMK Dubai Coordinator SS Mohanned Meeran who contacted Stalin and narrated the incident, appealing to him for help in uniting the baby with the father. Thereafter the Chief Minister’s office made arrangements and the baby, 11-months-old now, was flown back to Tiruchy along with Sathish Kumar, a passenger from Tiruvarur.
Sathish handed over the baby to his father Velevan at Tiruchy airport. Velavan who came along with his elder son, received the baby and expressed his gratitude to Stalin, Meeran and Sathish.
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