Who knew that a routine exercise for SIR would end up in a reunion of two brothers after 35 years. People were stunned when a man in Haryana found his brother when he returned school for collecting certificates.

Sitaram has been residing in Punjab for the past 35 years and came to his native village, Manoharpur, to obtain his old school certificate. The document was required for his SIR verification.

Sitaram is a differently abled person and had left home in his childhood. He moved to Punjab and indulged himself in multiple jobs, such as a peon at a private school, before getting a Group D government job in Punjab.

Upon reaching the Government Senior Secondary School, Manoharpur, where Sitaram had studied, staff began the process of verifying his records. As part of the process, they contacted people in the village to establish his identity.

Coincidently, the call went to his brother Krishna. He was stunned to learn that the brother he had been searching for over three decades was at the school. He immediately contacted the Booth Level Officer and assured that Sitaram was indeed his younger brother.

Krishna then arrived at the school.

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Reunited after 35 years

After a long wait of 35 years, the brothers came face-to-face. They hugged each other and broke down in tears. Sitaram reportedly touched his elder brother's feet, while the emotional moment left the school staff and others present visibly moved.The brothers then later left together on a scooter, ending a three-and-a-half-decade-long separation in the most unexpected way.

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Sitaram is the fifth among six brothers. After leaving Jind, he spent several years in Punjab, doing several jobs before joining the state government.

Additional Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO) Dr Ramesh Kumar described the incident as a memorable experience, saying what started as an administrative verification exercise ended up reuniting two brothers who had been separated for 35 years.