Jayesh Kanodia, 17, went missing from the city on January 17, and was finally located in Amritsar on Saturday. The breakthrough came on Sunday, when a person, while scrolling through Instagram at an eatery in Amritsar, stumbled upon a missing teenager’s post featuring Jayesh’s photo.
He noticed a resemblance between the boy in the post and a worker at the eatery. After being sure of his identity, he promptly contacted Jayesh’s parents via the provided contact number on the ‘missing teen’ poster.
“We spoke to the gentleman, and after a video call, we were certain it was our son. It was a big relief for us,” shared Shailesh Kanodia, Jayesh’s father.
On Sunday morning, Jayesh’s family hurried to Amritsar and returned him to Hyderabad by evening.
Over the previous three months, the family had gone through a horrifying ordeal as they searched nonstop for their missing son. Following Jayesh’s disappearance, his cousin Sarvesh Kanodia shared a “missing” poster on social media and requested a retweet from the Jubilee Hills police station. Furthermore, Sarvesh himself frequently shared the poster on a range of platforms, engaging with politicians, celebrities, and local authorities. He also created a Whatsapp group, which the police claim was used by users to invite popular Instagram pages and social media influencers to share Jayesh’s story.
After he went missing from Hyderabad, Jayesh was last seen at New Delhi Railway Station on January 24, with no further updates until the recent discovery. Police teams pursued every lead to locate Jayesh, said an official from the Jubilee Hills police station.
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