Presumed Dead for Decades, Man Returns Home for Electoral Roll Documents

• Sharif Ahmad, 79, returned to Khatauli, UP, after 27 years, presumed dead by family.
• He went missing in 1997 after moving to West Bengal following his second marriage.
• His return was to collect documents for West Bengal's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
• Family, including four daughters, had given up hope after failed attempts to trace him.
• Sharif learned of his father's and brother's deaths during an emotional reunion before returning to Medinipur.

Why It Matters: A man presumed dead for decades reappears, driven by bureaucratic need, leading to an emotional reunion.