Mumbai Police traces 12,278 of 13,005 missing kids from 2014 under Operation Muskaan

A special drive was taken out in 2014 by the Mumbai Police which was named Operation Muskaan so that the children who have been lost can be traced who wander all over the city and reunite with their lost families. Out of the 346 kids that were reported to be missed, 299 kids have been traced by the Missing Children Bureau. 

 

In July this year, when the police were conducting its 10th round, 12,278 of the 13,005 children were traced and a total of 4000 children have been reunited with their families. From 2014, 621 girls and 226 boys have been found missing. As per the reports of the Police Officers, an average of 120 children of the age group 10-18 goes missing in the city of Mumbai every month. In most of these missing cases, the Police try to register this case under kidnapping to let the investigation officers put in extra efforts to rescue the missing child. 

 

Operation Muskaan is being led by Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Balsing Rajput, who is at present posted as the Deputy Commissioner of Police in Mumbai Crime Branch which was launched by the Ministry of Home Affairs. According to the IPS Officer, Rajput, there are around 67 reasons children go missing which include kidnapping and abduction and reason being  trafficking, sexual exploitation, forced marriage and child labour. And the other reasons are the abusive families and unemployment in the families which lead the child to take such step of running from their homes. 

 

 

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