Ghaziabad police rescue 25 missing children under 'Operation Smile'

District police have rescued 25 children so far under the 'Operation Smile', a month-long initiative which was relaunched in the New Year to trace missing children. Nodal officer for 'Operation Smile', DySP Ran Vijay Singh said that police have information about 109 children who are still missing from the district.

"25 police teams comprising 100 trained personnel have been dispatched to Delhi, Agra, Jaipur and Haridwar in search of the missing minor children," he said. "In most of the cases our endeavour is to trace the address of the parents of the child recovered and reunite them with their families, if they found," he said, adding that otherwise the rescued children are handed over to shelter homes.

The operation, which began on January 1 will continue till January 30 under the leadership of SSP Dharmendra Kumar. In the last year, district police had rescued 227 children under the 'Operation Smile'.