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Mumbai: Wrong-number calls help Vanrai police reunite missing 19-year-old woman with family
Updated On: 05 November, 2026 07:35 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
A missing-person search turned into a late-night number-cracking exercise after a 19-year-old found in Goregaon could recall only a faulty phone number. A dozen attempts later, a last-digit switch finally connects cops to her brother

Ushadevi with her brother Kusmes Kumar Badlu and a relative along with Vanrai cops after being reunited with her family. Pics/By Special Arrangement
A series of wrong-number calls finally led Vanrai police to the right person and reunited a missing 19-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh with her family. Found wandering alone in Goregaon East at around 3 am on November 2, the woman could not recall her family's contact details clearly.
Police kept trying different combinations of the mobile number she remembered until one call connected them to her brother. He travelled to Mumbai, and after verification, she was handed over to him on November 4.


