Six years after a Delhi boy went missing from his home, he has now been tracked in Jessore in Bangladesh from where the Indian Government is trying to bring him back.
A senior official in the Indian High Commission in Dhaka is travelling to Jessore in southwestern Bangladesh to meet 12-year-old Sonu after External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj intervened in the matter.
“A First Secretary from @ihcdhaka is going to Jessore today to meet with Sonu,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted on Tuesday. Swaraj swung into action after TV channels showed a report about a man from Bangladesh who had come to India in search for Sonu’s parents. The Bangladeshi citizens and Sonu’s parents later met External Affairs Ministry officials and MEA promised to resolve the issue soon.
“Thanks for bringing this to my notice. We have initiated action already. We will resolve this soon,” Swaraj had tweeted after her attention was drawn to Sonu’s plight.
Sonu had reportedly gone missing from Delhi in 2010 and a man from Jessore recently contacted his family here and gave details about the whereabouts of the boy, who is reportedly in a child care home in Jessore. The details of how the boy had gone missing are not yet known.