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Meghalaya man missing in Karnataka traced, reunited with family
Kwis Sumer, a 22-year-old from Muktapur village in Meghalaya's West Jaintia Hills, went missing on July 15 after travelling to Karnataka for work. He was traced safely to Tiptur in Tumakuru district…
The Story in Brief
Kwis Sumer, a 22-year-old from Muktapur village in Meghalaya's West Jaintia Hills, went missing on July 15 after travelling to Karnataka for work. He was traced safely to Tiptur in Tumakuru district and brought back to Shillong, officials said on Monday. The search was launched after a memorandum submitted on July 27 reached Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, who then contacted the Karnataka government.
A Meghalaya Police team led by IPS officer Lovish Garg travelled to Bengaluru and worked with Karnataka Police. A breakthrough came when Sumer contacted his family via social media with help from Kavi Kumar, who had sheltered him. Police reconstructed his movements and found him safe. Sangma thanked both police forces. Sumer has been reunited with his family and will return to his village.
The Indian Opinion
The relief over Kwis Sumer's safe return should not obscure the deeper problem. Every year, hundreds of workers from the Northeast vanish into the informal labour market in southern states, and only a fraction get this kind of high-level attention. The chief minister's direct intervention worked here, but that is not a system. The real test will be whether Meghalaya and Karnataka now set up a standard protocol for tracing missing migrant workers, so a social media tip is not the only lifeline.
Source: indiatoday.in
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