After the successful first run, which led to recovery of over 441 children, the District Gautam Budh Nagar police on Sunday said they are again going to launch ‘Operation Smile-II’ to recover missing children.
The police have decided to run drive from July 31 as the Central Government has directed all States to run this drive in the country.
According to the senior police official, 22 police teams to be sent to different parts of the country to trace missing children. The campaign will be started from July 31. Dharmendra Singh, Senior superintendent of police (SSP), Noida on Sunday met the officials regarding the drive. Nodal officer of Operation Smile and SP (crime) Vishwajeet Srivastav said that each team has one sub-inspector and two constables. “We have given a target to recover 77 children who have been missing from the district since 2007. The police teams have been provided training on Sunday regarding how they would be able to identify children from garages, restaurants, factories, dharmshalas, railway stations, bus stops, temples and other places,” SP Crime said.
“We are also taking help of child welfare committee, labour department and NGOs for this operation,” he said.