Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Bihar Mute Youth Presumed Dead After Four Years Found Alive
A young man from Bihar went missing in 2022.
His family thought he had died and reported that he may have been kidnapped.
A fellow villager saw him at a fruit shop in Noida on October 2.
The villager contacted the young man’s family and helped him return to Lalpur.
The family brought him to the police on Sunday.
Because he does not speak, police plan to find a specialist who can understand sign language and expressions.
The specialist will help police record what the young man says.
Police say they will know more about how he went missing and reached Noida after that.
A mute youth from Samastipur district, Bihar, who went missing in 2022, was found alive in Noida.
His family had presumed he was dead after he disappeared and filed a kidnapping complaint against several people he had worked for.
A fellow villager spotted him at a fruit shop in Noida on October 2 and informed his family.
The family brought him back to Lalpur, and he was presented to police on Sunday.
Police said a sign language specialist will help record his statement, after which investigators hope to establish what happened.
- Who
- A mute youth from Lalpur village in Bihar’s Samastipur district.
- What
- He was found alive in Noida after going missing in 2022 and being presumed dead by his family.
- When
- He was spotted on October 2 and brought before police on Sunday; the report is dated October 6.
- Where
- He was found in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and returned to Lalpur, Bihar.
- Why
- The circumstances of his disappearance and how he reached Noida have not yet been established; police say they need his statement.
- Missing since
- 2022
- Spotted
- October 2, at a fruit shop in Noida
- Home village
- Lalpur, in Samastipur district, Bihar
- Family’s response
- The family had presumed he was dead and lodged a kidnapping complaint against several people for whom he worked.
- Police next step
- Appoint a specialist able to understand sign language and expressions to help record his statement.
- Statement procedure
- Police said his statement is to be recorded under Section 183 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.