Shillong, May 23 -- In a deeply moving moment, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma today personally received Genal R. Marak, a youth from a remote village along the India-Bangladesh border, who has safely returned home after a harrowing incident in Jammu and Kashmir.

This emotional reunion at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport underscored the impact of the 1971 CM Helpline (CM CONNECT) and the direct intervention of the Chief Minister towards safety of the citizens.

Expressing his relief at the safe return of Genal, the Chief Minister underscored the emotional weight of the rescue, noting that Genal had been completely cut off from his loved ones leading his family to presume he had passed away during the last three y...