Hyderabad, May 24 (PTI) A 60-year-old hearing and speech impaired man, who had gone missing over two years ago from Telangana, has been traced in Punjab and reunited with his family on Sunday thanks to a video shared on TikTok, police said.

Police traced to Ludhiana the location of R Venkateshwarlu, who went missing from Bhadradri-Kothagudem district in April 2018, after the man's daughter and son saw him taking food in a visual posted on the video sharing platform.

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The man's son Peddiraju reached Ludhiana on Sunday and was returning with his father to their native place, police said. Earlier, Police traced the video to a police constable of Ludhiana, who had posted it.

Later police traced the location of the missing man and his son recognised him during a video call was made to verify the identity of Venkateshwarlu, a police official told PTI. Peddiraju left for Punjab in a vehicle after a pass was issued for the travel, the official said adding the the father and son would reach Telangana by Monday. A missing case was registered after Venkateshwarlus family members filed a complaint, but he remained untraced till they stumbled on the video.

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They expressed their happiness and thanked everyone who helped them in reuniting the man with his family.

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