Agra siblings reunite with mother after 13 years, had fled after being scolded

Two siblings who had fled their home in Uttar Pradesh's Agra, back in 2010 after being scolded by their mother finally reunited with her and their family after 13 years. Rakhi was nine years old and her brother Babloo was only six years old when they had left their home.

Thirteen years on, Rakhi has completed her graduation and now works for a company in Delhi, while her brother Babloo works in Bangalore.

Rakhi and Babloo had left home after being scolded and beaten up by their mother Neetu for not washing utensils. Neetu, who was a daily wage labourer, had gone out to work when her children fled.

Neetu then, along with her relatives, searched for her children, but they were nowhere to be found. Exhausted, she even filed a missing complaint with the police. For years, Neetu used to search for her children every day in the hope of meeting them again.

But it was only after 13 years when child rights activist Naresh Paras received information about the missing children a week ago. He then collected information and, after extensive investigation, discovered that a missing person report had been filed at the Jagdishpur police station in 2010.

Naresh then obtained their address from the police and reached their home. After talking to Neetu, he made her talk to Rakhi and Babloo on a video call on Tuesday. They recognised each other and Neetu felt like she regained her lost world.

Upon reuniting, Neetu hugged her children and they couldn't hold back their tears.

"I have come back to life after 13 years," Rakhi's grandmother Shakuntala said.

Rakhi also revealed that after fleeing home, she and Babloo stayed at correctional homes in Meerut and Ghaziabad, where they received education.

(Inputs from Arvind Sharma)