May 25, 2016 7:48 AM

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MEA trying to bring back Indian boy from Bangladesh

The External Affairs Ministry is trying to bring back an Indian boy from Jessore in Bangladesh, after he was said to have gone missing from Delhi in 2010. A senior official in the Indian High Commission in Dhaka is traveling to Jessore in southwestern Bangladesh to meet 12-year-old Sonu on the directive of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.<br/><br/>"In a series of tweet External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said, Joint Secretary Bangladesh Sripriya Ranganathan has met Mehboob and Mumtaz who claim that Sonu presently in Bangladesh is their son. She said, sonu's DNA would be sent for examination with couple claiming to be his parents. Sonu is currently lodged in a Children's Shelter Home in Pulerhat in Jessore.<br/><br/>Yesterday, Swaraj had said the MEA will resolve the issue soon. Sonu had reportedly gone missing from Delhi in 2010 and a man from Jessore recently contacted his family and gave details about the whereabouts of the boy. The details of how the boy had gone missing are not yet known.

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