1 week ago
Kerala Police Reunite Missing Nagpur Engineer With Family
Rashtrapal Manohar Chahandae is an engineer who became separated from his family.
He left home in 2022 and wandered through parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
He eventually reached Kochi and lived on donated food.
He slept in an abandoned building near a police station.
Police officers spoke with him regularly and helped him remember parts of his past.
A psychiatrist said he had no major issues but needed time to become stable.
His memories helped police identify his college and village.
The college helped police find a relative’s phone number.
Rashtrapal then reunited with his family in Nagpur.
Rashtrapal Manohar Chahandae, a 37-year-old engineer from Nagpur, returned home after four years away.
He had been living on charity and sleeping in an abandoned building near Kochi’s Mulavukadu police station.
Police officers gradually gained his trust and took him to a psychiatrist for evaluation.
Details about his college and village helped police contact his relatives in Maharashtra.
His family had filed a missing complaint in 2022 but had not pursued it.
- Who
- Rashtrapal Manohar Chahandae, his family, and Kerala Police officers.
- What
- Police helped reunite Chahandae with his sister, brother-in-law, and aunt after he had been missing for four years.
- Where
- The reunion took place at Mulavukadu police station in Kochi; his family lives in Soanala near Nagpur, Maharashtra.
- When
- He left home in 2022 and reunited with his family on Monday this week.
- Why
- Police collected his background details and contacted his college and relatives after learning more about his past.
Key facts
- Age
- 37 years old
- Profession
- Engineer with a postgraduate engineering degree
- Previous employer
- Mahindra and Mahindra in Mumbai
- Time away
- Four years
- Home region
- Soanala near Nagpur, Maharashtra
- Police station
- Mulavukadu police station, Kochi
- Missing complaint
- Filed by his family in 2022
Sources
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