The Anti Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of Haryana Police has achieved success in bringing back the lost smiles amongst hundreds of families by tracing and reuniting 378 missing children and 482 adults from January to August 2022. The traced children include 205 boys and 173 girls and adults include 226 men and 256 women. Some of them have been missing for a long time.
State additional Director General of Police (Crime) OP Singh informed that Police has also rescued 1760 children from child labour and begging who were found doing odd jobs for their livelihood. 22 AHTUs are functioning under the State Crime Branch across the state. Instructions have been given that as soon as a missing child, woman or man is found, the first thing to do is to make him or her feel safe. All the police personnel meet a missing person like family members. Efforts are made to establish a relationship of belonging between the two so that the trust of the lost person can be built. This makes it easier for AHTU to find clues about the family of the missing person, he added.