With an objective to recover missing children and re-unite them with their families,‘Operation Smile’ will be re- launched from June 1 to June 30. In course of his meeting with district police chiefs along with other senior police officers over video conferencing on Tuesday, state DGP MA Ganapathy said that with many children remaining missing, ‘Operation Smile’ would be re-launched for a month starting from June 1.
He directed the district police chiefs to appoint circle officer as the nodal officer for ‘Operation Smile’ in their jurisdictional limits. DGP said that four teams would be formed at four districts-Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar, Haridwar and Dehradun- while one team each would be formed for the remaining mountainous districts of the state. Teams would comprise one sub-inspector, three constables and one woman constable. The police officers have been directed to seek coordination with social welfare and child welfare departments while executing the directions of the Human Rights Commission and Women Commission.