Forty-one-year old Sukhveer Singh of Pata in Uttar Pradesh broke down on seeing his 73-year-old mother after 10 months.
He travelled 2,250 km. to take his mother Gyan Shree back to Uttar Pradesh, who was rescued and staying at the corporation night shelter for women at R.S. Puram.
On seeing her son, Gyan Shree, who was mentally ill, danced and sang making the 24 other inmates of the shelter jealous. “She was found missing when my family returned from work in the evening on July 1, last year. We searched in our relatives place, lodged a police complaint, distributed pamphlets and uploaded with her picture on the social media,” he said.
On November 6, the city police rescued her and brought her to the corporation night shelter at R.S. Puram run by Malarum Vizhigal. The woman was then shifted to the corporation’s night shelter for women run by Eera Nenjam Trust in March.
Managing Trustee of Eera Nenjam P. Mahendiran said the woman was violent and did not interact with other inmates.Sefiya (76), of Kerala, who came to the home a month ago tried to pick a conversation with Gyan Shree. She told her son’s name Sukhveer Singh, her hometown and that her son worked at NTPC in Pata – in a mixture of Gujarati, Oriya and Hindi.
Mr. Mahendiran sought help from a journalise to get in touch with her son. The journalist called NTPC in Pata on April 18, when a person at the other end said there was nobody by that name.
Undeterred she called the number the next day and spoke with a Central Industrial Security Force personnel at the NTPC gate. Not sure if it was the same person the caller was looking for, the security personnel gave the contact number of Mr. Sukhveer Singh. Overwhelmed to know that it was his mother who was in Coimbatore, Mr. Sukhveer took the next available train and reached Coimbatore on Saturday morning.
Gyan Shree was elated over returning home, started dancing and singing in a language others could not understand and kept her luggage ready to go home. Mr. Sukhveer is her eldest among the four siblings. Their father died a few years ago and his mother was under treatment for mental illness. There was no clue how she landed in Coimbatore.
On producing proof of his identity and that of his mother, she was taken for a check-up. She was ready to go home with her son the same night.
Mr. Mahendiran said there could be no better way for their organisation to step into the 5{+t}{+h}year on Saturday. “A man from Andhra Pradesh is coming to take his mother who is staying in our shelter,” he said.
Sukhveer Singh of Pata in Uttar Pradesh travelled 2,250 km to take his mother home.
He travelled 2,250 km. to take his mother Gyan Shree back to Uttar Pradesh, who was rescued and staying at the corporation night shelter for women at R.S. Puram.
On seeing her son, Gyan Shree, who was mentally ill, danced and sang making the 24 other inmates of the shelter jealous. “She was found missing when my family returned from work in the evening on July 1, last year. We searched in our relatives place, lodged a police complaint, distributed pamphlets and uploaded with her picture on the social media,” he said.
On November 6, the city police rescued her and brought her to the corporation night shelter at R.S. Puram run by Malarum Vizhigal. The woman was then shifted to the corporation’s night shelter for women run by Eera Nenjam Trust in March.
Managing Trustee of Eera Nenjam P. Mahendiran said the woman was violent and did not interact with other inmates.Sefiya (76), of Kerala, who came to the home a month ago tried to pick a conversation with Gyan Shree. She told her son’s name Sukhveer Singh, her hometown and that her son worked at NTPC in Pata – in a mixture of Gujarati, Oriya and Hindi.
Mr. Mahendiran sought help from a journalise to get in touch with her son. The journalist called NTPC in Pata on April 18, when a person at the other end said there was nobody by that name.
Undeterred she called the number the next day and spoke with a Central Industrial Security Force personnel at the NTPC gate. Not sure if it was the same person the caller was looking for, the security personnel gave the contact number of Mr. Sukhveer Singh. Overwhelmed to know that it was his mother who was in Coimbatore, Mr. Sukhveer took the next available train and reached Coimbatore on Saturday morning.
Gyan Shree was elated over returning home, started dancing and singing in a language others could not understand and kept her luggage ready to go home. Mr. Sukhveer is her eldest among the four siblings. Their father died a few years ago and his mother was under treatment for mental illness. There was no clue how she landed in Coimbatore.
On producing proof of his identity and that of his mother, she was taken for a check-up. She was ready to go home with her son the same night.
Mr. Mahendiran said there could be no better way for their organisation to step into the 5{+t}{+h}year on Saturday. “A man from Andhra Pradesh is coming to take his mother who is staying in our shelter,” he said.
Sukhveer Singh of Pata in Uttar Pradesh travelled 2,250 km to take his mother home.