New Delhi: Indian boy Sonu, who went missing from Delhi six years ago, has been traced in Bangladesh and will be brought back to India, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday.
"Sonu, who was kidnapped from Delhi was found in a shelter home in Bangladesh. We matched the DNA with his mother. The test is positive," Sushma tweeted.
In another tweet she said the Indian High Commission in Dhaka has obtained Sonu's custody and that he will reach Delhi on June 30.
Sonu, 12, is presently staying at a child rehabilitation centre in Jessore.
Swaraj also thanked all those who looked after Sonu in Bangladesh and thanked a few journalists for bringing the matter to her notice on May 24.
Swaraj thanked the people of Bangladesh who looked after him. She also thanked Network18 reporters Sumit Awasthi, Pranay Upadhyay and Kirandeep and others in the media for highlighting the issue.
Sonu - who was kidnapped from Delhi was found in a shelter home in Bangladesh. We matched the DNA with his mother. The test is positive./1— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) June 28, 2016
Sonu had gone missing from Delhi in 2010 and a man from Jessore recently contacted his family and gave details about the whereabouts of the boy.
A senior official of the Indian high commission in Dhaka then went to Jessore in May to meet Sonu on the directive of Minister Swaraj.
Details of how the boy had gone missing are not yet known.
(With additional information from PTI)
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