Over 10K missing persons reunited with kin by Haryana Police in a year

Chandigarh, December 30

Haryana Police have achieved success in bringing back lost smiles to more than 10,000 families by tracing and reuniting 10,868 missing children and adults in 2021.

The traced children include 3,839 boys and 7,029 girls who have been missing for a long period of time.

Director General of Police (DGP) Haryana, PK Agrawal, said that the police have also tracked and rescued 1,813 child beggars and 2,021 child labourers who were found doing odd jobs for their livelihood.

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 pandemic, he added.

Out of the total, 9,372 missing persons were traced by the police field units, and the remaining 1,496 missing persons were found during search operations conducted by Haryana Police Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTU), he added.

Our police teams visit public places like bus stands, railway stations and various religious places, besides institutions such as shelter homes to search

for missing children/persons. These drives are mostly carried out in collaboration with child welfare councils, non-governmental organisations (NGO) and other departments concerned, he said. — TNS

Child labourers rescued

The traced children include 3,839 boys and 7,029 girls. The police have also tracked and rescued 1,813 child beggars and 2,021 child labourers who were found doing odd jobs for their livelihood.