Archive · 16 Sep 2026
Cross-Border Search Reunites Nepali Man With Family After Disappearance
A 41-year-old man from Nepal became separated from his family.
His name is Khadka Bahadur Som Bahadur Darji.
He left home around August 9 or 10 without telling his relatives.
He travelled through India and was later found walking around Nagpur.
Darji could remember being hungry during the journey.
A fellow passenger gave him curd rice, but he remembers nothing after that.
Police and social workers in India and Nepal searched for his family for 24 hours.
On September 13, his relative Dipak Shahi came to bring him home.
A 24-hour search reunited 41-year-old Khadka Bahadur Som Bahadur Darji with his family in Nepal.
Darji was found wandering the streets of Nagpur, India, with little memory of how he arrived.
He had left his home in Nepal’s Myagdi district around August 9 or 10 without telling his family.
Darji travelled first to Delhi and then boarded a train to Tamil Nadu.
On September 13, his relative Dipak Shahi arrived at the Aastha Shelter Centre to take him home.
- Who
- Khadka Bahadur Som Bahadur Darji, a 41-year-old man from Nepal, was reunited with his family with help from relative Dipak Shahi.
- What
- A cross-border search by police and social workers helped locate Darji’s family after he was found wandering in Nagpur.
- When
- Darji left home around August 9 or 10; the reunion took place on September 13 after a 24-hour search.
- Where
- Darji was found in Nagpur, India, and was being assisted at the Aastha Shelter Centre before returning to his family in Nepal.
- Why
- He had left home without informing his family, but the reason for his departure is not stated.
- Age
- 41
- Hometown
- Niskot in Nepal’s Myagdi district
- Discovery location
- Nagpur, India
- Search duration
- 24 hours
- Travel route
- Delhi, followed by a train to Tamil Nadu
- Last remembered event
- A co-passenger helped Darji with dahi-bhaat, or curd rice, after he felt hungry
- Return date
- September 13