Boy traced after 16 years reunited with father

The case was handed over to the CBI on the orders of the Supreme Court in January 14, 2011. Sayeed had filed petition that his son went missing 16 years ago under mysterious circumstances.

"The boy was born on November 20, 1994 to A Sayeed and his partner, a national of UAE who had come to India alongwith him," CBI spokesperson said.

Soon after the birth of the child, Sayeed left for UAE for job while the mother, a foreign national, left the child with an unknown person and went to her country to join her parents without his knowledge.

When Sayeed returned, he could not find his son and approached various agencies including the police to trace him but all in vain. Finally, Sayeed reached Supreme Court which ordered handing over the case to the CBI.

On the direction of the court, teams of CBI officials swung into action and identified some persons from Tamil Nadu who were working with the parents of Sayeed's partner in UAE.

"Sustained investigation led to one person employed as maid to his partner's parents. The maid was a native of Tamil Nadu and was present when the mother of the child was in Tamil Nadu," spokesperson said.

The probe revealed that mother while leaving for UAE had left the son with the maid's relatives as he did not have a passport. Meanwhile, the maid's family fostered the kid as no one made any claim on the child.

"The boy was located and DNA tests confirmed that Sayeed is his father," said the spokesperson.