Four years, a lost life and a journey home: How Kerala Police reunited a Nagpur engineer with his family

Rashtrapal Manohar Chahandae, a 37-year-old Nagpur engineer with an M.Tech degree, was found wandering the streets of Kochi four years after leaving his home in 2022. The Kerala Police played a crucial role in his reunion with his family after he had relied on charity for survival and only had faint memories of his past life. Chahandae was found near Mulavukadu police station, an island in Kochi, and started drinking water from the dispenser.

Initially, he couldn't recall anything about his life, but he began to open up after being taken to a psychiatrist. Chahandae had worked at Mahindra and Mahindra in Mumbai, earning Rs 1 lakh a month, before leaving home. After his parents passed away and his three sisters got married, he became alone and fell into depression. Chahandae was reunited with his sister, brother-in-law, and aunt at Mulavukadu police station after relatives were contacted through his college, V K Patil College of Engineering, Ahilyanagar. The Kerala Police's intervention ensured Chahandae's safe return home.