40 yrs on, runaway Nalgonda man reunited with family

Hyderabad: Having run away from his home when he was just 10, a man has been reunited with his family in Nalgonda after 40 long years.
“I left my house in 1981 in a huff after my father beat me and I never returned,” Nallaganthula Pullaiah, who studied till class VI, recalled. On July 30, it was a happy reunion with his family which had given up hopes on Pullaiah as they were clueless about his whereabouts in the last four decades.Pullaiah has since turned a beggar and always been wandering going from one place to another.
Three months ago, Pullaiah was found near a heap of garbage on Khammam-Warangal road by social worker Annam Srinivas of Annam Seva Foundation. He had an unkempt look with long hair and was loitering around. Pullaiah was taken to the home run by the foundation, given a bath and provided new set of clothes.
“When we slowly started asking him about his background, he opened up and told us that he was a runaway,” Srinivas said.
Having located the address of his sisters in old Nalgonda town going by the information he gave, Srinivas brought him to meet his family. Pullaiah was the only son of his parents and he has two sisters.
Nalgonda DIG AV Ranganath lauded the efforts of Srinivas for taking the homeless man into his care and locating his family. Pullaiah was handed over to his sister Renuka and brother-in-law Kashaiah in the presence of Ranganath. “He left us several years ago. We are glad to have him back,” Renuka said. Pullaiah’s parents had died a few years ago.