Woman with learning difficulties reunited with family

Rajkot: Junagadh police reunited a woman aged between 65 and 70 with learning difficulties with her family members on Monday.
“The woman was found on Junagadh-Jetpur Highway near Vadal village seven to eight months ago. As she had learning difficulties, she did not remember her name or postal address. We gave her new clothes and a pair of sleepers and offered her food,” said Junagadh superintendent of police Saurabh Singh in a press release.
As she had nowhere to go, Junagadh deputy superintendent of police Pradeepsinh Jadeja thought of sending her to a shelter home.
“I knew one Manav Seva Ashram in Bagodara and sent the woman there. At this ashram people with learning difficulties are looked after and taken care of. The woman stayed in the ashram for seven months. On Sunday, Dinesh Lathiya of the ashram contacted me, saying that the woman had recalled her address and the names of her family members and that she was now completely cured,” said Jadeja.
The woman said she was from Devala village of Gondal taluka in Rajkot district. Acting on this information, Junagadh taluka police station sub-inspector V U Solanki contacted Devala village sarpanch Gopal Shingala, who put him in touch with the woman’s son Bhavan Adivasi.
“Bhavan came to the police station and we handed him over the custody of his mother. Bhavan thanked Lathiya profusely for having taken care of his mother for so many months,” said Solanki.