A 12-year-old boy who was driven out of home and left to fend for himself by his own uncle and forced to spend nights with dogs in Dwarka, was reunited with parents by senior IPS officers of Odisha and Bihar cadre after the incident was reported on social media.
Vishal, after being thrown out by his uncle, first went to a public toilet to take shelter but after being molested by vagabonds, he made a public park in Dwarka his home. He spent almost two months in park until noticed by a Samaritan Yogita Kumari who used to visit park to feed dogs amid lockdown.
Yogita, an animal lover who lives in Dwarka (Sector 1), enquired about him and posted the story on her Instagram page. She also started feeding him until help arrived. Noticing the plight of the boy, another user Sneha tweeted his story and tagged senior IPS officer of Odisha cadre Arun Bothra and India Cares, a voluntary initiative to help people during this Coronavirus outbreak. .
Talking about suffering of the boy, Sneha, a resident of Delhi and work with a private firm in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan said “The boy was left with his uncle by his parents before leaving Delhi after lockdown. He was left with no option after being driven out by his uncle. He started living in the park. We managed to get contact of his parents and contacted him to verify the details and then shared his plight on twitter,”
“A kid in Delhi needs to be reunited with parents in Samastipur. His parents left before lockdown and left kid with his http://uncle.Family disupte happend and kid is now living in park. His meals are managed by a friend but Streets are not safe. @indiacares_2020 @arunbothra,” she tweeted.
Following the incident, Bothra not only arranged train tickets for his parents but also reached to Sanjay Kumar, a 1997 IPS officer of Odisha Cadre who is presently posted as Inspector General (Sasashtra Seema Bal) Patna, who helped the parents to reach at Patna junction to board the train to Delhi. “@indiacares_2020 arranged the tickets. The family reached Delhi on today morning and met the child in the park. Moral of the story: You may not have money or position to help people but tagging someone on Twitter is easy & free,” Bothra tweeted.
Talking to The Pioneer Sanjay Kumar said that after being informed about the situation, his parents who lives in Kariyan village in Samastipur (Bihar) were contacted and informed about their son. “I managed transport for them to reach at Patna where they took train to Delhi. As soon they reached Delhi, BSF personnel picked and reunited them with Vishal,” he said.
