India, May 26 -- A 16-year-old girl living in a Faridabad orphanage was reunited with her family in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum on Saturday, four years after she separated from a relative in a crowded place in Faridabad, officials said on Monday.

Police said names of at least around 225 districts of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand were read to the girl before she identified West Singhbhum as her hometown.

Police said the victim was 12 years old when she reached Faridabad in October 2022 with her maternal uncle to visit a relative, but got lost after being separated in a crowded place.

Officials said the girl, who was found by locals in an abandoned condition, was handed over to the police, who moved her ...