Noida police reunited 68 missing kids with their families

New Delhi, July 26

The Noida Police in a special operation to trace missing children, reunited 68 missing kids with their families.

The Noida police said that out of 68 children, 48 kids were missing from UP's Gautam Buddha Nagar district. The city police successfully traced 10 missing kids within hours. 

According to the police, 12 missing kids were from other districts of Uttar Pradesh while 8 other kids belonged to other states. 

The operation was carried out by the anti-human trafficking unit (AHTU). The officials added that 22 kids were from different districts of UP and other states. One of them was from Odisha, four from Bihar, one from Haryana, and two from Delhi.

The police carried out the task under 'Operation Muskaan 4', where they had a list  of 58 kids who had been reported missing.  

Noida Police started the 'Operation Muskaan'.

The police searched shelter homes and collected information. The process involved 40 teams from different police stations. 

The traced children were handed over to their parents being produced before the child welfare committee (CWC).