Under Operation ‘Muskaan’…
Chhattisgarh: On Tuesday, an official statement said, A total of 559 missing children were recovered from the state under the campaign 'Operation Muskaan'.
"In "Operation Muskaan", 72 boys and 487 girls have been recovered so far, making a total of 559 missing children recovered from across the state.
The number includes 76 children from Janjgir-Champa, 56 from Raipur, 52 from Bilaspur, and 52 from Sakti. The remaining children were recovered from other districts of the state.
The recovered children were handed over to their families. The Police achieved success in spreading the smiles on the faces of the missing children and their parents too," an official statement said.
To trace the missing children a state-wide campaign was conducted from June 1 to June 30, 2023, by Chhattisgarh police under the supervision of the Inspector General of Police CID SC Dwivedi.
The campaign was started within Chhattisgarh and in different states like UP, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, and Karnataka.
"On the instructions of CM Bhupesh Baghel, Operation Muskaan is being conducted in the state to trace missing children.
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