SUNDARGARH, Jan. 29 -- A mentally-ill man from Kerala, who had gone missing about eight years ago, reunited with his two brothers on the Republic Day with the effort of a Sundargarh man.

According to sources, Ummar Koya (41), a resident of Paniyankara village of Calicut district in Kerala, was mentally ill. During the year 2012, he had reportedly decided to visit Ervadi Dargah in Tamil Nadu and had left for it. He, however, did not return home ever since.

The family members of Ummar had lodged a missing complaint of Ummar and searched him in Kerala and Tamil Nadu but in vain.

Ummar thereafter somehow had reached Sundargarh. He was wandering for more than seven years. He was often spotted loitering in front of District Social Security Off...