In December 2019, a 58-year-old mentally unwell woman had left her home in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, and somehow landed in Mumbai a few days later. Thanks to the constant effort of a Virar-based old-age home, Meenaben Trivedi was finally reunited with her family on Tuesday, nearly 19 months later.

Meenaben’s son Chetan Trivedi told mid-day that his mother is ‘mentally unwell’, and has a history of leaving the home unannounced. “She left home in December 2019 without telling anyone. We tried our best to search for her and finally filed a missing person complaint in February last week. But, then the entire nation was put under lockdown,” Chetan said.