Hyderabad: Hyderabad became the place of reunion for the family of Neil Larive, an Anglo Indian from Mumbai, who got lost in Kerala and 11 days later ended up lying by the roadside in Panjagutta, starving and in poor health. He had a serious injury on one of his legs and all his belongings were stolen. Neil had gone to Kerala along with a group of 17.
Neil went missing on October 28, when he left Kerala. His friends said that he consumed alcohol before the journey, and got down at a station on the way where he got lost.
Since then there was no word about him. On Wednesday night Neil was found by 108 emergency personnel at Panjagutta and they brought him to Gandhi Hospital. Neil was admitted in the emergency ward.
One of the senior nurses at the emergency ward said, “He was in a very bad state and could not remember how he ended up in Hyderabad, but he remembered his wife’s phone number and told us to inform her that he had been found.”
Neil’s wife was informed. However, she could not immediately come to Hyderabad but his two sisters Jennifer Larive and Naheeda Khan reached on Friday morning.
Jennifer said, “We were worried but we kept praying and did not lose hope. We called as many people as we could and had decided that we will go to Kerala and search for him ourselves,” Naheeda said, “Hopefully this will open his eyes and he will stop consuming alcohol.”
Although Neil is still weak and does not remember how he came to Hyderabad he said, "I am happy to have been found. I want to go home now."
