Man United With Family After 25 Years Thanks To Social Media, His Fading Tattoo
NDTV
Chandrashekhar Maurya said his uncle Jilajeet Maurya went missing on June 1, 1996 when he had gone to attend a 'pooja'.
A 60-year-old speech-impaired man was reunited with his family more than 25 years after he disappeared thanks to social media and a tattoo on his hand that was fading away.
Chandrashekhar Maurya said on Saturday his uncle Jilajeet Maurya, a resident of Gothaav village in Azamgarh district, went missing on June 1, 1996 when he had gone to attend a 'pooja'.
"At that time, he was 35 years old. Our family searched for him, but he could not be traced," he told PTI.
With no clue about him for days, the family's hope of finding him diminished as days turned into months and months into years. But a glimmer of hope came their way three months ago! "We got information through Internet media three months ago that he was living at a village in Amethi, and launched efforts to search him," Chandrashekhar Maurya said.
