Brothers separated in childhood meet after 50 years in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur

By Express News Service
JAGATSINGHPUR: In a plot straight out of a Bollywood potboiler, two siblings separated throughout childhood had been reunited after 50 years. Incidentally, each had been residing not very removed from one another by way of bodily distance. 

Bijay Palluar (65) and his youthful sibling Charan (63) of Phulhar village inside Jagatsinghpur police limits had been separated after their father Ramchandra, a each day wager, died in 1969. Bijay was 12 years outdated whereas Charan was 10. With its sole member no extra, the household was left to fend for itself.

Without informing anybody, Charan left dwelling looking for a job. He labored as a home assist on the home of an individual in Gopinathpur village of Cuttack district for 40 years. Then his employer despatched Charan to Birola village in Tangi-Choudwar block the place he labored on the home of 1 Sarat Das for 10 years. 

Agent of a personal finance firm, throughout his go to to Birola for accumulating cash got here throughout Charan and received to know that he had left his home 50 years again. Bijay was knowledgeable about his brother following which he left for Birola together with former panchayat samiti member Suryanarayan Pallur and others from his village. They met Charan at Das’ home on Sunday and introduced him dwelling.   

The reunion moved the residents of Phulhar and Biral to tears. They held discussions and made a pact to take care of the siblings. Bijay stated he’ll maintain his brother who’s single. “I did not even know my younger brother was alive. I am glad we met him after so many years,” he stated with a smile on his face.