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KOLKATA: Bengal's peculiar intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls conscionable produced an enactment of desperation with a strangely redemptive ending.Jagabandhu Mondal, missing for 28 years and agelong fixed up for dormant by his family, returned to his autochthonal Bagdah colony of North 24 Parganas Monday to reclaim his individuality arsenic a voter.
His woman Supriya, near to fend for herself with 2 toddlers, recognised her husband's "thickset face" the infinitesimal helium landed astatine their door. His begetter Bijoy confirmed it was so his runaway son."The voice, too, was unmistakably his," said Supriya, caught successful a whirlwind of emotions surrounding the antheral who vanished connected a wintertime greeting successful Feb 1997.
After efforts to hint him proved futile, the household had consulted an astrologer, who "confirmed" their worst fears.
Supriya adjacent performed her husband's shraddha and reconciled to beingness arsenic a azygous parent bringing up 2 kids.Jagabandhu's sanction was seemingly deleted from the electoral rolls during 1 of the consequent revisions. Now 55, aft astir 3 decades without immoderate interaction with Bagdah, helium wants in. "I decided to instrumentality aft I mislaid my occupation successful Chhattisgarh. My sanction is inactive connected the voters' database successful Bankura," Jagabandhu said.
The Bankura transportation triggered suspicion that helium remarried. Next to his sanction connected that database is 1 "Sulekha Mondal".
Her husband's name? Jagabandhu Mondal. The antheral successful the muddle denied marrying a 2nd time. "I travelled to Gujarat and past Mumbai earlier returning to Bankura for a while. I yet settled successful Chhattisgarh," helium said.Local booth committee subordinate Samir Guha said Jagabandhu was backmost successful Bagdah arsenic helium would request his archetypal elector ID and onshore documents to stay connected the voters' database during SIR. "His sanction is not determination connected the post-SIR 2002 rolls, but his father's sanction is."The designated BLO, meanwhile, said, "With his sanction deleted from the rolls and nary authoritative impervious of his whereabouts for 28 years, verifying his claims and restoring his presumption whitethorn beryllium a challenge."
