India, Jan. 1 -- The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal reportedly prompted the return of a man whose family in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar had long presumed him dead.

Seventy-nine-year-old Sharif Ahmad had been missing since 1997 and had allegedly moved to West Bengal after his second marriage following the death of his first wife, news agency PTI said in a report.

However, he returned home on December 29, 2025 to collect his documents for the SIR in West Bengal, the report said, citing his nephew Waseem Ahmad.

"We tried to trace him over the years, even travelled to West Bengal and followed up the address provided by his second wife, but all attempts failed," Waseem was quoted as saying. On account o...