Hyderabad: After more than a decade, 29-year-old Rinku Ray will join her family when she reaches her home in the Hajipur district of Bihar. Rinku went missing from home, moved to different places and reached Hyderabad mentally ill around three years ago. She was admitted at the Aaram Ghar Rehabilitation Centre. After a communication was sent to the Bihar Legal Services Authority to find Rinku’s family, her family was traced to Tejpurwa village under Patepur police station limits.
Rinku’s younger brother Subhoda Ray identified her from a photo and confirmed that it was his sister who went missing 11 years ago. He travelled all the way from Bihar to meet his sister who was being sheltered at the Kasturba Gandhi Home in Hydershakote. As soon as he reached the home and saw his sister he broke down but it took around three hours for Rinku to recognise him. He said that after she went missing their father Bindeshwar Ray fell ill and died, but their mother Chameliya Devi had hopes of her coming back. As days passed hopes faded and they stopped searching for her. The family became worried about Rinku’s daughter Anjali, who is now 11 years old and is staying with her father Harinder.
Meanwhile, police found that Rinku had run away from home unable to bear the harassment of her husband. She had two children, but the second child died of ill health. She reached Hyderabad in December 2014. In May 2017, she was found naked and confined to a dark room, following which the police registered a case. The RR District Legal Services Authority ordered her to be shifted to the Kasturba home. Rinku was handed over to her brother. On Sunday, Rinku and her brother accompanied by panel advocate G. Subhashini and women cops from Mailardevpally police station left for Bihar.
