Dharamsala: Compassion is a quality that is rarely associated with bureaucrats. However, the compassion shown by Kangra ADM Sandeep Kumar has helped a 13-year-old mentally challenged child, Farhan, from the Baramulla area of Jammu and Kashmir, unite with his parents.

Farhan had escaped from the home for mentally challenged, near the Ramyani area in J&K, where he was undergoing treatment on April 30. He boarded a train and reached Pathankot and later somehow to the Indora area of Kangra district. The parents of Farhan and management of the mentally challenged home had launched search operations for him.

On May 2, police officials caught hold of Farhan in the Indora area. They took him to Kangra ADM who took Farhan to his home.

The ADM told The Tribune that once at his home Farhan felt comfortable. Slowly we persuaded him to talk about his parents. From information gathered from the child, I then contacted a friend in the J&K police. With the help of the J&K police the news of missing child was flashed on local cable networks.

The kin of Farhan read the news and informed his parents.

The parents of Farhan visited Kangra yesterday evening and took him back. They thanked the ADM, who took personal interest in reuniting the child with his parents.