A Bangladeshi national was returned from India through Banglabandha land port in Panchagarh yesterday, 21 years after he went missing.
Matiur Rahman, 36, of Akhanagar-Debiduba village in Thakurgaon’s Sadar upazila, went missing in 2002 while he was 15 years old, reports our Thakurgaon correspondent quoting Matiur’s father Sahidul Islam.
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Indian immigration police formally handed Matiur over to Banglabandha Immigration police yesterday afternoon, said Khairul Islam, assistant sub-inspector of Banglabandha police.
Indian social worker Nitish Sharma said Matiur was rescued by Shraddha Rehabilitation Foundation in India in a disoriented state from a road in Karjat area of India’s Maharastra in June, 2019 and brought him to its custody.
Matiur was diagnosed as a patient of schizophrenia, said Nitish.
Later, the foundation identified the boy through Noakhali Gandhi Ashram Trust in Bangladesh and My News Bangladeshted the procedure of his return.
What happened to Matiur before that and how he ended up in India remain a mystery.
Nitish Sharma further said she and Dr Swarali K Kondwilkar, a physician of the foundation, will stay at Matiur’s house for 2/3 days for observation.
Matiur’s mother Morjina Begum, expressing her gratitude, said she always believed her son will return to her one day.
Saifun Nahar, younger sister of the youth, said her brother went missing when she was in class four and he was in class nine.
“After about two decades we got him back. I can’t describe how joyous a day today is for us, our family. We are grateful to all who helped in his homecoming,” added Nahar.