Maheswar Bal and his wife Padmabati Bal of Gupti village on Sunday had their eyes filled with tears of joy when they got back their missing son after 14 long years! Bikas Bal (19), the second son of the Bal couple, returned home on Sunday with the help of a man of Puri district. When Bikas was five years old, he was seriously ill. As a result, his parents had admitted him at the Rajnagar CHC and later at the Kendrapara district headquarters hospital. But, Bikas was declared dead there.
Maheswar and his wife kept left the body near a bush at Gobari river bank and returned to their village. Next day, Maheswar was informed that that his son was alive and a fishermen of Kendrapada had kept the kid with him. Maheswar rushed to Kendrapara to get back his son but in vain. He failed to locate the fisherman and his son. On returning back, Bikas said he was working as a labourer in Noida-based Tribeni Water Business Engineering limited. He was adopted by one Ramcharan Yadav and was identified as Ankoor. He used to tell about Gupti to his co-workers.
As a result, one Prakas Kumar Mohapatra, a co-worker of Bikas who is a resident of Narendrapur village under Satyabadi police limits, came to his rescue. Mohapatra with help of Bikash’s friend in Kendrapada finally brought him back to Odisha. They on Sunday first met the SP of Kendrapara. The Bal couple was summon up who identified their son. It is still a mystery as to how Bikash reached Noida and how he came in contact with his foster father Yadav. Police are gearing up for a probe into the matter, said sources.