New Delhi: It seems the story of Sonu, who went missing from his home in Delhi in 2011 and was finally traced to Bangladesh six years later, will have a happy ending.
The Ministry of External Affairs has requested the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry for the custody of Sonu, who is now 12 years old.
The Indian High Commissioner to Bangaldesh, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, held a meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali and requested for Sonu's custody.
Sources said Bangladesh Foreign Ministry has passed on the documents to Home Ministry, which is expected to issue a letter to the concerned Chief Judicial Magistrate recommending release of Sonu into the custody of Indian High Commission.
"We are trying to bring back an Indian boy (Sonu) from Jessore in Bangladesh, after he was said to have gone missing from Delhi in 2010," MEA sources said.
"Our Joint Secretary Bangladesh Sripriya Ranganathan has met Mehboob and Mumtaz who claim that Sonu, who is presently in Bangladesh, is their son. Our High Commission officials in Dhaka will visit Jessore where Sonu is lodged in a Children's Shelter Home in Pulerhat (Jessore)," Swaraj tweeted.
"We will match Sonu's DNA with the couple claiming to be his parents. In case the DNA test is positive, we will bring Sonu to India without delay," she said in a series of tweets.
Earlier, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup had tweeted: "A First Secretary from @ihcdhaka is going to Jessore today to meet with Sonu."
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