Haryana Police have reunited 880 missing children and 819 adults with their families in 30 days as part of the special drive, 'Operation Smile’. The police have also rescued 405 child beggars and 722 child labourers who were found doing odd jobs for their livelihood.
The women and children are vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, hence steps are being taken to recover them.
Tracing and reuniting missing children, missing women, and children in need of care and protection were among the top priorities of the police during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the DGP said
Giving this information on Wednesday, a Haryana Police spokesperson said the Anti Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of its Crime Branch traced these missing children, who went missing for one or another reason from Haryana, Bihar and Chhattisgarh.
Haryana DGP says the missing children, traced and handed over to their families in different parts of the country in 2020, include 771 boys & 945 girls; some of themd been missing for a long time
Various teams of AHTU, a nodal agency of Delhi Police, conducted numerous raids in Delhi and across the country, to track and recover the missing or kidnapped persons, the AHTU stated.
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