Home Minister Narottam Mishra has appreciated the excellent work done by the police in the search operation of missing girls under Operation Muskaan. He informed that in 15 months from January 2021 to March 31, 2022, 6,100 missing girls were searched and entrusted in the care of their family members. Operation Muskaan has run three times by the police to trace missing girls.
Mishra has said that Madhya Pradesh Police is working with sensitivity. Committed to make the police system people-oriented, the government has opened new women police stations in 42 districts. Total 52 Anti-Human Trafficking Units and 700 Urja-Mahila Help Desks have been set up in 52 districts of the state.
Home Minister Dr. Mishra has informed that 2 thousand 444 girls were traced in the first Operation Muskaan, which was conducted from January 6 2021 to January 31, 2021. For the second time, Operation Muskaan was carried out from July 15, 2021 to August 31, 2021, during which one thousand 958 girls were traced. Dr. Mishra informed that in the third Operation Muskaan from 16 February 2022 to 31 March 2022, one thousand 698 girls have been traced. He said that persistent efforts are being made by the Madhya Pradesh Police to trace the missing girls and women, in which the expected success is also being achieved.