TikTok video helps in reuniting missing disabled man with family in Telangana after 2 years

A 60-year-old hearing and speech impaired man, who had gone missing over two years ago from Telangana, has been traced in Punjab and reunited with his family on Sunday thanks to a video shared on TikTok, police said.

Police traced to Ludhiana the location of R Venkateshwarlu, who went missing from Bhadradri-Kothagudem district in April 2018, after the man’s daughter and son saw him taking food in a visual posted on the video sharing platform.

The man’s son Peddiraju reached Ludhiana on Sunday and was returning with his father to their native place, police said.