India, Aug. 28 -- By Prabhdeep Singh

Banaskantha (Gujarat) [India], August 28 (ANI): What began as a casual kitchen conversation has transformed into a historic homecoming for nearly 300 members of the Kodarvi tribal community in Banaskantha.

Alka, a domestic help at IPS officer Suman Nala's home, once mentioned that she had never visited her husband's ancestral village. For more than a decade, her family -- along with 28 other Kodarvi families -- had been forced to abandon Mota Pipodara after a murder triggered enmity with the Dabhi community under the tribal custom of 'Chadhotru' (banishment).

Her remark set Suman Nala, the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Danta Division, on a mission.

With the help of local police and di...