Abducted Indian boy Sonu brought back from Bangladesh after six years

Abducted from outside his East Delhi house in 2010, Sonu was on Thursday reunited with his family after a gap of six years.

Speaking to media, Sonu's father Mehboob said, "I have found my son and I am very happy now. Would like to thank Sushma Swaraj ji."

Sonu was handed over to the Indian High Commission in Dhaka by a court in Bangladesh's Barguna district.

Barguna Additional District Judge Abu Taher granted Sonu's custody to Indian High Commission officials on Monday without signing of a security bond of one lakh taka (Bangladesh currency) on humanitarian grounds.

Sonu, who was tricked and brought to Bangladesh from Delhi by two women in 2010, was rescued by a Bangladeshi citizen Jamal Ibn Musa, who put in great efforts to reunite him with his family.

India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, in a series of tweets, had thanked all who had looked after the young boy in Bangladesh.

"Sonu - who was kidnapped from Delhi was found in a shelter home in Bangladesh. We matched the DNA with his mother. The test is positive," Swaraj tweeted.

(With ANI inputs)