Best Examples of Humanity: Hearing Impaired Muslim Boy Living With Sikh Family Meets Parents 9 Years After Separation

Mr.Gurnam Singh and  Mrs.Rajwant Kaur with Abdul

Tahir said, “Words cannot explain the love Abdul had received from Gurnam’s family and his school authorities. They are best examples of humanity.”

Nine years ago, in 2011, a hearing and speech impaired 10-year-old boy, who wrote down his name as ‘Abdul’ in English, lost his way home and reached Fatehgarh Sahib. Since then he has been staying with Gurnam Singh of Bhaironpur village. On Wednesday, he finally met his father again.

Abdul’s father Tahir Ali, from Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh, said in May 2011 he had visited his brother in Ghaziabad along with his son to spend a few days. “When we realised Abdul was missing, we lodged a complaint with the police but for years our efforts had gone in vain,” he added.

Abdul, then 10, said to have boarded the wrong bus. He was then picked up by a truck driver, who dropped him in Sirhind, Fatehgarh Sahib, according to Gurnam Singh, who met Abdul in his village streets and took him to Rauza Sharif authorities to find his family.

Later, in coordination with the district administration, Gurnam Singh got him admitted in a school for deaf and blind in Patiala, where he was provided accommodation too.

“We never saw him as Muslim, although some people did raise objections and some even asked us to convert him into Sikh religion. I used to take him to Rauza Sharif in Fatehgarh Sahib where Abdul recite his Namaz prayers while I remain seated outside. He became part of our family and used to come home during vacations and holidays. Like our children, he used to give a list of his requirements,” added 70-year-old Gurnam, who lives with his wife Rajwant Kaur. He said he is happy that Abdul is back with his mother and father.

Colonel Karaminder Singh (retired), secretary, Society for Welfare of the Handicapped, said Abdul was admitted in their school about eight years ago. “It was during lockdown when we allowed more internet access, I encouraged Abdul to try finding out his friends or family members on Facebook. Fortunately, he managed to get in touch with one of his old classmates in Ghaziabad, who further got his family’s contact and address.”

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