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Malakpet cops help missing mother reunite with son in Hyderabad

The woman, Sikili Devi, did not have a mobile phone and neither could speak or understand any other language expect for Bhojpuri, her mother tongue.

By Telangana Today

Published Date - 11 December 2020, 02:43 PM

Malakpet cops help missing mother reunite with son in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: A woman who reported missing on Thursday was traced by the Malakpet police and reunited with her son on Friday morning.

The woman, Sikili Devi, did not have a mobile phone and neither could speak or understand any other language expect for Bhojpuri, her mother tongue. She recently had come to the city.

Following a complaint lodged by her son Shankar Sha that she was not to be seen from 4 pm, police constables Naveen Kumar and Sandeep started searching for her from around 10 pm on Thursday.

“They searched for her in all surrounding places and enquired with the local residents. While the search was still on, we received a call from a citizen at 3.20 am on Friday saying he had seen her near the Dabeerpura bridge,” police said.

The police officers rushed to the spot and brought her back to Malakpet, after which she was reunited with her son. A video of the reunion tweeted by DCP (East Zone) M. Ramesh and retweeted by the official handle of the Hyderabad City Police on Friday is seeing several citizens applauding the action of the two constables who spent almost the entire night searching for the elderly woman, while her son too has expressed his gratitude to the officers.

In a late night operation, Constable Officers, Naveen and Sandeep of @shomalakpet PS, acted very swiftly, and traced the missing woman who can’t speak any other language other than Bhojpuri. Great job guys. You really made us proud. @hydcitypolice @TelanganaCOPs pic.twitter.com/lmVPHg0c5M

— M. Ramesh IPS (@DCPEASTZONE) December 11, 2020