In December second week last year, a Perambalur police team rescued a nearly 40-year-old mentally ill woman found wandering at Elambalur and its surrounding areas in the district and handed them over to a private home for the mentally ill here to take care of her.
Treatment coupled with sustained counselling enabled in establishing the identity of the woman and ascertaining the whereabouts of her family members. More than a month after the woman was admitted to the home, she was reunited with her husband in early February through a joint effort of the police, health department, and the private home.
On Wednesday, another wandering mentally ill woman from Villupuram district admitted to the same home was reunited with her sister post treatment. These two incidents are among the series of similar missions carried out by the Anti Child Trafficking Unit of the Perambalur Police in rescuing wandering mentally ill persons from different places in the district and reuniting some of them with their respective family members after establishing the genuineness.
The Perambalur police in the last one year had rescued 24 wandering mentally ill persons and successfully reunited 11 of them, including seven women with their respective family members after making strenuous efforts. Some of the reunited persons were from other States. Every time a mentally ill wandering person is found during patrolling, they are immediately rescued and taken to the private home for the mentally ill functioning near Perambalur, said police sources.
