Fifteen-year-old Ramzan, living in a shelter home Ummeed for past two years, is waiting to reach Pakistan to meet his mother. Ramzan’s father got remarried in Bangladesh after deserting his mother in Karachi. Having failed to tolerate the torture by his father and step-mother, Ramzan left Bangladesh to reach Pakistan via India.
Finally, he reached Bhopal from Ranchi and the local police caught him and handed him over to voluntary organisation Childline in October, 2013.
Childline Director Archana Sahay said that first when Ramzan came to the shelter home, he had informed that he had come from Ranchi. However, off late while in the process of preparing identity cards for the children staying in the shelter home, Ramzan informed that he was from Pakistan and needed to go there to meet his mother. She stated that the process for the boy’s safe return to Pakistan has been initiated. “We have informed all the concerning authorities from Intelligence bureau to Child Welfare Committee (CWC) about him. After inquiring, his story has been found genuine, Sahay added.