Missing son comes home

In an attempt to escape an attack, boy flees only to get lost; manages to find way back home after three hours

In an attempt to escape an attack, boy flees only to get lost; manages to find way back home after three hours

Sardar Ahmed feared the worst last night when his son Afrooz Ahmed didn't come home at 10:30 pm like he always does.

It made matters worse when Afrooz couldn't be reached on his cell phone either.

Welcome home: Sardar Ahmed (left) was reunited with his son Afrooz after he waited and worried for three hours. The bike used by Afrooz to escape the goons that tried to attack him. Pic/Bindiya Carmeline Thomas

Sardar Ahmed (62), a resident of St John's Church Road rushed to R T Nagar Police Station with his relatives to file a missing persons report but was asked to file the complaint at Hebbal Police Station because his son's clothing store was located in Sultan Palya Main Road.

Ahmed said, "He always came home on time. He doesn't even have friends to go out with."

Straight home
He added, "He only goes to work at his store and to the mosque. He was supposed to meet my younger brother but he didn't even call."

However, at 1:30 am after spending 15 minutes at the Hebbal police station, the worried father answered a frantic phone call from his son saying he had returned home after almost being attacked.u00a0

Afrooz Ahmed (25), the owner of A M K collections, said, "I was coming from Majestic and two guys on a bike started following me. One had a huge knife. The only thing they yelled at me was 'maar'."

He added, "When I tried to escape, I ended up in Yeshwantpur and didn't know the roads and my phone's battery died."

Afrooz added, "I don't know why anyone would want to hurt me. I don't even have friends."

Sardar added, "I am so relieved I have my son back. I lost one son last year in an accident. Allah has sent him back to us."

u00a0Ramakrishnaiah Head Constable at the Hebbal police station, said that they had filed a complaint but an FIR would only be filed tomorrow after they spoke to the Afrooz. "After that we'll begin our investigation," he added.