Fed Up With Wife's Torture, Husband Flees Home, Quits Govt Job & Becomes Pvt Bus Helper

Amit Kumar, who went missing from Bachhrawan in September 2021, told police that he had fled home due to his wife, Swarnima Devi's torture.

Lucknow: A carpenter working at the Lucknow Railway Carriage and Wagon Workshop, who had fled from Bachhrawan in 2021 after being troubled by his wife's idiosyncrasies, was found by police on Friday, November 29.

Amit Kumar, who lived with his wife Swarnima Devi mysteriously disappeared on September 14, 2021, while on his way to work at his workshop in Alam Bagh. His wife then registered a kidnapping case at the Bachhrawan Police Station.

She told police that Amit had set out for Bachhrawan Railway Station at around 7 am on September 14, 2021, to reach his workshop but could not be found since then. Three years later, the case was transferred to the Alam Bagh Police Station on March 12, 2024, after which police began probing the case.

Swarnima submitted an outdated photo of Amit and a phone number to aid the investigation. She told police that she suspected it to be a case of kidnapping and murder. Police, however, initiated a steady hunt and finally traced Amit from Ashiana on Friday.

Sub-inspector (SI) Shubham said, "With the help of a seven-year-old photo and a deactivated phone number that Amit Kumar's wife gave us, we finally traced him from Ashiana. He revealed that he had left home due to his wife's harassment and hadn't returned since then. He had been working as a helper in a private bus for the past 1.5 years," the SI added.