At a time when many have called out to ban TikTok, the app has turned to be a game saver for a family in Telangana. The man Roddam Venkateshwarlu who went missing in 2018 has now been reunited with his family, thanks to TikTok. His son Peddiraju and his siblings could not believe their eyes when they saw their missing father in a TikTok video which was shot in Ludhiana three days ago.
In the video, made by a Punjab Police Head Constable police as part of the social service work to distribute food among beggars and people living on the streets, two men were seen handing out a food packet to Venkateshwarlu who was walking with the help of a zimmer frame. When they asked him something, he conveyed with sign language that he can”t hear and speak. They then greeted him with folded hands.
Peddiraju approached his state”s police, who got in touch with their Punjab counterparts and after confirming that the man featured in the video is Venkateshwarlu issued the former a movement pass to travel down to Ludhiana in a car on Saturday. Peddiraju, an M.Sc in organic chemistry looking for a job, said his father had gone missing on April 27, 2018, when he left the house in search of daily-wage job.
