Archive · 10 Aug 2026
Single Word Reunites Missing UP Man With Family After Decade
A man named Shyam Singh lived in Farrukhabad, India, but went missing ten years ago.
He had mental health problems and could not tell people who he was.
For ten years he wandered the Almora area, far from home.
People saw him, but no one knew his name.
A police officer named Vinod Fartyal wanted to help him.
The police gave him a pen and a diary.
One day, Singh wrote a single word: 'Rajepur.'
That word was the name of his village.
The police found his family, and they came to bring him home.
Everyone was overjoyed to be reunited.
Shyam Singh, from Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh, went missing from his home 10 years ago due to unstable mental health.
For the past decade he had been wandering the Tadikhet and Majkhali areas of Almora district, Uttarakhand.
Majkhali police outpost in-charge Vinod Fartyal had noticed Singh wandering in poor condition, but he could not communicate his identity.
After police gave him a pen and a diary, Singh wrote the single word 'Rajepur', which identified his home village.
Almora Police contacted the Rajepur police station in Farrukhabad, located his family, and Singh was reunited with them the same day at the Majkhali police outpost.
- Who
- Shyam Singh, a missing elderly man from Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, his family, and Vinod Fartyal, the Majkhali police outpost in-charge.
- What
- Singh was identified and reunited with his family after he wrote the single word 'Rajepur' in a diary given to him by police.
- When
- Ten years after Singh went missing from his home.
- Where
- The Tadikhet and Majkhali areas of Almora district, Uttarakhand, and his home village of Rajepur Rathoudi in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- Singh had gone missing because of unstable mental health and had been unable to communicate his identity for a decade.
- Missing person
- Shyam Singh
- Missing since
- 10 years ago
- Home village
- Rajepur Rathoudi, Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh
- Wandering area
- Tadikhet and Majkhali, Almora district, Uttarakhand
- Key clue
- The word 'Rajepur' written in a diary
- Police officer involved
- Vinod Fartyal, Majkhali police outpost in-charge
- Reason for disappearance
- Unstable mental health
- Family located
- Same day via Rajepur police station, Farrukhabad