Hyderabad, June 26 -- WhatsApp groups have helped the Attapur police in reuniting a missing child with his father within an hour of his disappearance on Muharram.

According to the statement of Attapur police to the media, at around 3.30 pm on Friday, June 26, a person named Mubair Qureshi brought a three and a half years old boy named Sheikh Ajaz to Attapur police station, saying that the boy was found missing near Keshawari Masjid.

Immediately, Head Constable Imtiaz and Assistant Sub-Inspector Kumar took a photograph of the child and circulated his details in the local police WhatsApp groups, including MM Pahadi, 9-Number, Chintalmet, Imad Nagar, and other local WhatsApp groups.

At about 4.30 pm, the child's father, Farooq, an electri...