Archive · 8 Sep 2026
Five-Year Search Ends as Missing Elderly Woman Reunites
Indu Bishoyi disappeared five years ago when she went to a shop in Bhubaneswar.
Her family searched for her for a long time.
A police officer found her confused and took her to an old-age home.
The people there could not learn who she was.
One day, Indu appeared on a television programme.
Her grandson Bikram saw the programme and recognised her.
The family went to the home and confirmed that she was Indu.
They brought her back home, where relatives and villagers celebrated the reunion.
Seventy-year-old Indu Bishoyi disappeared from Bhubaneswar five years ago while going to a ration shop.
Her son Upendra and grandson Bikram searched for her but could not find her.
A Nayapalli police officer took an unidentified, distressed Indu to an old-age home for safety.
Bikram, now 17, recognised Indu during a television broadcast from the home.
The family brought her back to Barmunduli, while villagers requested government assistance for the economically vulnerable family.
- Who
- Seventy-year-old Indu Bishoyi reunited with her son Upendra, daughter-in-law Urmila and grandchildren after five years.
- What
- A grandson recognised his missing grandmother during a television broadcast from an old-age home.
- When
- The disappearance occurred five years ago, and the reunion happened recently.
- Where
- Indu was found in an old-age home in Bhubaneswar and returned to Barmunduli village.
- Why
- She had been unable to recall her address or provide information establishing her identity; her grandson later recognised her on television.
- Missing person
- Indu Bishoyi, aged 70
- Home village
- Barmunduli in Sanakhemundi block
- Disappearance
- Five years ago in Bhubaneswar
- Recognition
- Her grandson Bikram recognised her during a television broadcast
- Safe placement
- A Nayapalli police officer took her to an old-age home
- Family circumstances
- Upendra works as a daily wage labourer and lives in a tin-roofed house
- Community request
- Villagers urged the administration to provide government assistance