A Barguna court yesterday handed over Indian boy Sonu to the Indian High Commission for reuniting him with his parents in New Delhi.

Abu Taher, Barguna additional district judge, gave Sonu's custody to the high commission after First Secretary Rama Kanti Gupta filed a prayer on Monday, said Sonjib Kumer Das, a lawyer who submitted the plea.

Later, Gupta and Sonu left for Dhaka completing other legal procedures, said court sources.

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj yesterday said the boy would be flown to India tomorrow.

She said Sonu was being sent back to India as his DNA has matched with that of his mother.

"Indian High Commission in Dhaka has obtained Sonu's custody. He will reach Delhi on June 30," Swaraj said in a tweet.

In another post, the Indian minister said, "I thank all those who looked after our young citizen in Bangladesh."

On Monday, the same Barguna court issued a directive that the Indian High Commission could have Sonu's custody after signing a security bond of Tk 1 lakh, said Das.

Yesterday, the commission filed another plea to take Sonu without the bond, and the court granted it on “humanitarian grounds”, he added.

Jamal Ibne Musa, a Bangladeshi man who rescued Sonu from “abductors” and also tried to reunite him with his parents in New Delhi, said, “I am very happy. Finally, Sonu is getting reunited with his parents.”

According to Musa, two sisters -- Rahima Begum and Aklima Begum -- tricked Sonu and brought him to Bangladesh from India in 2010. The two women have their relatives there.

Case documents show, Sonu is the son of Mehbub of Dilshan Garden area in the Indian capital.