Assamese woman reunited with family after 16 years

Dehradun: A woman from Assam living at a shelter home here has been reunited with her family after a gap of sixteen years after a video was posted on social networking sites in an attempt to locate her kin.
Subhadra (60) who hails from a border village in Assam’s Dhemaji district got separated from her family sixteen years ago following a flood. The authorities of the shelter home for women in distress found her in a bad shape in Tehri in December 2014 and brought her here.
“A students’ union based in Dhemaji was asked to locate Subhadra’s home besides uploading a small video of her in which she is seen introducing herself on social networking sites. Her kin saw the video and immediately recognised her.
“Subhadra’s son Durlabh Patir, who was just six years old when he was separated from her, sent a message, saying he was coming to pick her up,” he said. (PTI)