A four-year-old child was reunited with his family within 50 minutes by the Delhi Police on Sunday in the national Capital.
According to Usha Rangnani, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Police Control Room (PCR), on November 1, around 9 am a Mobile Patrol Van team received a call about missing of a child from JJ Camp, Tigri area.
“After receiving the call, the police team immediately reached at the spot and met the caller. The police team took the caller with them and started searching the missing child along with his father. The police team also announced the description of the missing child through the PA system of PCR van and made intensive search in the nearby area/streets,” the DCP said.
“During search operation, the missing child was found standing and crying at roadside, near Hanuman Mandir in Tigri area. The child was identified by his father. The child also recognised his father. The missing child had wandered away about half a kilometer from his residence. He was handed over to his parents after 50 Minutes of his missing in presence of local police of Tigri police station,” said the DCP. “On enquiry, it was found that the child had come from Aligarh (UP) with his parents to attend a marriage ceremony. The child was playing in the street and lost his way and started moving in the opposite direction,” said the DCP.