A youth suffering from mental health issues left his home in Nallasopara on January 23. As a responsible newspaper, mid-day has removed all identification markers of the mental health patient and his family in accordance with the Mental Healthcare Act of 2017.

The youth’s family initially believed he would return in a couple of days, as he had wandered off earlier as well. “We thought he would come back like before, but this time he didn’t,” said his father. When the youth failed to return for four days and could not be located at any familiar places, the family filed a missing person complaint at Nallasopara police station on January 27.