Boy with intellectual disability reunites with family in Delhi

Neeraj Bagga

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, April 4

The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, rescued Javed (19), a Delhi resident with intellectual disability, from here on Friday.

Anjlee Agarwal, working with the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, who is leading the Disability Inclusive Action Collaborative on Covid-19, said the DEPwD approached the state government during the current lockdown.

Javed is the son of Lukmaan, a rickshaw puller from Mayur Vihar. He went missing a few days ago. His father, through an NGO, informed the DEPwD on Friday that his son was stranded in Amritsar.

The DEPwD and the National Trust took up the matter with Punjab State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities and Shivdular Singh Dhillon, Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar, to trace the boy and make necessary arrangements for bringing him back to his home in Delhi. With the help of the district administration, District Child Protection Officer, District Social Security Officer and local police, the boy was traced and shifted to his home by a Punjab Police vehicle in Delhi on late Friday night itself.