Roorkee: A 10-year-old Indian child who had been begging at Piran Kaliyar shrine in Roorkee city India, turned out to be ‘Crorepati’ but not what you may expect next. 10-year-old panhandler Shahzaib Alam who had gone missing after his parents passed away over year ago was resident of Pandauli village in UP’s Saharanpur district India.

Shahzaib’s parents were separated in 2019, after which his mother decide live with her parents, however, his father Muhammad Naved died due to chronic illness later that year. Woman and her lone kid eventually relocated to Piran Kaliyar Sharif Dargah a highly-revered sufi saint’s shrine close to Roorkee. However, sorrow hit him again in 2021 when his mother Imrana passed away with Covid-19.

Shahzaib who was now an orphan, sought shelter in shrine because he had no one left to take care of him. Since then, he had been residing there as “Beggar,” dependent on devotees and donors. Little did young boy know, his grandfather Muhammad Yaqub who passed away in 2021 would leave behind life-changing inheritance that would change his life. He reportedly left his two-story home and five-bigha piece of land, which together are valued close to Rs 20 million to his late son Naved’s child, who was still missing at that time.

Family of Shahzaib in Saharanpur then started looking for child and found out last week that he had been residing in Roorkee in Uttarakhand.

They chose to take him home right away. After living life of beggars, Shahzaib has recently been adopted by his uncle Nawaz Alam.

Published in The Daily National Courier, December, 20 2022

Like Business on Facebook, follow @DailyNCourier on Twitter to stay informed and join in the conversation.