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Tattoo Helps Thane Police Reunite Woman With Family After 24 Years
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News18•10-10-2026, 18:15
Tattoo Helps Thane Police Reunite Woman With Family After 24 Years
- •Thane city police successfully reunited a 30-year-old woman named Bharti Ashru Kadam with her family after 24 years.
- •The breakthrough came during a special operation named Operation Shodh-5, utilizing a forearm tattoo bearing her birth name.
- •Bharti got separated from her family in 2002 in Navi Mumbai and grew up in a shelter home before settling in Solapur.
- •Police pieced together old records, missing person entries, and 2002 voter lists along with the tattoo reference to trace her siblings Prakash, Vijay, and Shalini.
- •The emotional case culminated in a joyful video call between Bharti and her long-lost brothers and sisters.
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Thane city police reunited 30-year-old Bharti Ashru Kadam with her family under 'Operation Shodh-5' using a forearm tattoo bearing her birth name, along with old police records, missing person entries, and 2002 voter lists.
Bharti got separated from her family in 2002 while visiting her maternal uncle in Navi Mumbai, after which she was found by CBD Belapur police and raised in a shelter home.
After growing up in a shelter home, getting married, and assuming the name Janhvi Vaibhav Jambhare, Bharti settled down in Solapur with her two children.
