As many as 781 children, including 547 girls, were recovered and handed over to their parents during the operation 'Muskan' launched in the month of September on the instructions of Director-General of Police (DGP) Surendra Sinh.
Additional Director-General of Police (ADGP) GP Singh said that the Operation Muskan was launched last month especially to search for the lost children on the instructions of the DGP. "This year a total of 5795 children have been recovered in the State till September, of them 4117 are girls and 1678 boys," Singh added.
Singh said that under Operation Muskan 26 children of Gwalior district, 16 of Shivpuri, 6 of Guna, 8 of Ashok Nagar, 16 of Morena, 27 of Bhind, 4 of Datia and 3 of Sheopur, 41 children of Indore, 20 of Dhar, 3 of Jhabua, 22 of Khargone, 16 of Khandwa, 8 of Badwani, 4 of Burhanpur, 16 of Ujjain, 8 of Mandsaur, 8 of Neemuch, 35 of Ratlam, 14 of Dewas, 13 of Shajapur and 5 of Agar district were recovered, he added.
He said that 33 children of Jabalpur, 28 children of Katni, 20 of Chhindwara, 11 of Siwni, 17 of Narsinghpur, 10 of Panna, 15 of Damoh, 13 of Chhatarpur, 16 of Tikamgarh, 17 of Balaghat and 9 children of Mandla, 25 children of Rewa, 15 of Satna, 7 of Sidhi, 4 of Singrauli, 33 of Shahdol, 5 of Umaria, 10 of Anuppur, 9 of Dindori, 17 of Hoshangabad, 13 of Harda, 20 of Raisen and 9 children of Betul were recovered, he added.
He said that 55 children of Bhopal district, 12 of Sehore, 10 of Rajgarh and 11 children of Vidisha were also recovered. Besides, the railway police have also recovered a child.
He said that the special drive instructed by the DGP to find lost children would keep going on.