The Jharkhand Police has recovered 21 children, including a girl from various parts of the Country under Operation Muskan II, launched across the Country on July 1.According to police, four teams were sent to various locations to bring the missing children back to their homes on July 3.“A total of 21 children have been recovered so far, 16 were recovered from Howrah and 4 from Bangalore. The girl has been recovered from Bhagalpur in Bihar,” said IG (Organized Crime) Sampat Meena.According to IG, 10 teams were constituted for the second phase of Operation Muskan II by the CID to trace out 473 children, said to be missing from various parts of the State.
The operation will be continued throughout the month till July 30 in States like New Delhi, Punjab, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Haryana and Tamil Nadu.“Each team consists of 6 members, including two Inspectors,” said Meena. Earlier, 153 children were rescued under Operation Muskan I.Under the operation, 77 children were rescued from Jharkhand while the rest of the 77 children were rescued from the other States including Bihar and Telangana.To make it easy to interact with the missing children, policemen who are familiar with the local dialect have been included in the teams.