An unsuspecting Apurva ate the sweets he offered and fainted. That person had been friendly with him for some days.
He had been lured by a person with the offer of sweets. He was their son, but the child inside him was gone. The Singh family had lost all hope of finding their son, until last week when Apurva showed up at their doorstep. Apurva became yet another name in their list of 5,540 children, who went missing last year.
Six months ago, when the 12-year-old did not show up long after school hours, his worker parents approached the police who failed to locate him. Their son Apurva Singh (name changed) was a victim of forced castration, carried out by a group of eunuchs. When their missing son came back home after six months, his family was unable to decide whether to celebrate his return or grieve his plight.
