With the national lockdown being lifted earlier this week, 16-year-old autistic teenager Tarun Gupta's father Vinod Kumar Gupta once again embarked on an off-road journey on Tuesday, to search for his son who has been missing since October 1.

But, Vinod returned empty-handed on Friday, wondering why his son's case has not yet been assigned to the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit yet — even though it's been close to 270 days (nine months) since Tarun went missing.