It was an emotional reunion after 28 years as two women from Dubai finally traced their Indian mother thanks to the help from the Hyderabad police.
Tears rolled down the eyes of Ayesha Rasheed Eid Obaid alias Kanoo Rasheed and Fatima Rasheed Eid Obaid as they embraced their mother Nazia Begum in the office of deputy commissioner of police, V Satyanarayana, in the old city of Hyderabad.
“We never thought we would meet our mother in lifetime. We are glad that we got to see our mother after 28 long years,” said Ayesha, who along with her sister had been making frantic efforts to trace their mother for several months.
Nazia, now 60, was married to UAE national Rasheed Eid Obaid Rifaq Masmari in 1981 in Hyderabad. He took her to Fujairah in the UAE. As he was already married, the Hyderabadi woman faced problems there.  Nazia lived in the UAE for four years and had two daughters, Ayesha Rasheed Eid Obaid alias Kanoo Rasheed and Fatima Rasheed Eid Obaid.
Nazia was divorced by her husband following a dispute and sent back to India. However, her husband did not allow her to take her daughters along.
Two years later, Nazia married a fruit vendor from Bidar in Karnataka. It was while she was living with her family in Bidar that her two daughters - Ayesha and Fatima, now 29 years and 26 years respectively  - came to Hyderabad searching for their mother.
In January, they approached the deputy commissioner of police with a photograph of their mother.
Pamphlets and posters were printed and circulated all over the south zone. After six months of strenuous efforts, the police managed to trace Nazia to Bidar.
Nazia had very faint memories about her daughters whom she last saw 30 years ago. All she could remember was her younger daughter had six fingers. The police cross-checked the identification mark and after the confirmation arranged their meeting.