Navi Mumbai: A 31-year-old man suffering from mental health problems, who went missing from his hometown in Jammu and Kashmir in June and reached Navi Mumbai, was reunited with his family after being provided shelter and medical care at the Panvel NGO-Social and Evangelical Association for Love (SEAL), an Ashram for destitute people.Pastor KM Philip at SEAL Ashram informed that, on July 16, the Nhava Sheva police brought a destitute man to the Ashram after the cops found him sleeping on the pavement near JNPT central parking area, where he was surviving on food provided by passersby. He identified himself as Sadam Hussain, but he was partially mentally disturbed. However, he was able to inform them that he was a resident of Sildhar village, Mahore taluka in Raesi district of J&K. Hussain was provided shelter, basic facilities, and psychiatric treatment at the Ashram for one month.Pastor Philip said, “In the meantime, the Nhava Sheva police contacted Sajroo police station in Mahore taluka and learnt that a missing complaing for Hussain was lodged there by his father Abbas Shah on June 16. Accordingly, Hussain’s father Shah, along with police officers Arshad Bashir and Bilal Ahmed from Sajroo police station, reached SEAL Ashram on August 27, when Hussain was reunited with his father in the presence of Head Constable BR Gharat of Nhava Sheva police station.”Pastor Philip said, “Hussain’s father Abbas Shah broke into tears upon seeing his son again after two and a half months. Shah said that Hussain is married and has three children. At Sildhar village, he routinely cultivated their farm, but they observed a slight behaviour change in him, and on June 16, he left home without informing anyone.”Pastor Philip added, “Just a day before, SEAL Ashram reunited a techie, Anup Kumar Nair (55), with his relatives from Trivandrum, Kerala. Nair isolated himself in his Juinagar flat for three years after the death of his parents. He was rescued from isolation after being informed by a social service group, Good Samaritan. He was fully medically treated at SEAL Ashram, after which he was reunited with his relatives. These two reunifications, stretching from Kashmir to Kerala, are a testament to SEAL Ashram’s unwavering commitment to rescuing the lost, abandoned, and destitute and reuniting them with their loved ones across India.”
