Nagpur: City police commissioner Ravinder Singal has set a target of achieving a ‘Zero missing rate’ in Nagpur, where on an average, 3,300 adults and 450 minors go missing every year. At present, two minor boys and 11 girls, along with 168 men and 95 women, are still untraceable from the past few years.
Singal, who launched ‘Operation Shodh‘ in mid-April, urged the police station units, divisional squads, and the crime branch’s anti-human trafficking unit (AHTU) to work with a vision to minimise the missing rate to nil. The special drive started with the objective of tracking down missing persons, including minors, who were untraceable for a year.
The anti-human trafficking unit, under senior inspector Lalita Todase, was also instrumental in tracking missing persons from other states this year. During the month-long drive, different units of city police managed to rescue and reunite 49 missing women, 22 men, and one boy with their families.
The commissioner, while reviewing the status of the special drive, has now urged the police units to step up their efforts to track down the missing persons, taking the missing complaints with due gravity. CP also urged different departments to work in close coordination for tackling the missing cases and help in reducing the numbers.
Apart from the police department, child welfare committee chairperson Chhaya Gurav, district women and child development officer Ranjit Kurhe, and district child protection officer Mushtaq Pathan were also present. Singal has made an appeal to the masses to alert the 112 control room if any abandoned or unescorted persons are spotted anywhere across the city. The top cop also stated that citizens can contact the local police station for any missing complaints.
Nagpur: City police commissioner Ravinder Singal has set a target of achieving a ‘Zero missing rate’ in Nagpur, where on an average, 3,300 adults and 450 minors go missing every year. At present, two minor boys and 11 girls, along with 168 men and 95 women, are still untraceable from the past few years.
Singal, who launched ‘Operation Shodh’ in mid-April, urged the police station units, divisional squads, and the crime branch’s anti-human trafficking unit (AHTU) to work with a vision to minimise the missing rate to nil. The special drive started with the objective of tracking down missing persons, including minors, who were untraceable for a year.
The anti-human trafficking unit, under senior inspector Lalita Todase, was also instrumental in tracking missing persons from other states this year. During the month-long drive, different units of city police managed to rescue and reunite 49 missing women, 22 men, and one boy with their families.
The commissioner, while reviewing the status of the special drive, has now urged the police units to step up their efforts to track down the missing persons, taking the missing complaints with due gravity. CP also urged different departments to work in close coordination for tackling the missing cases and help in reducing the numbers.
Apart from the police department, child welfare committee chairperson Chhaya Gurav, district women and child development officer Ranjit Kurhe, and district child protection officer Mushtaq Pathan were also present. Singal has made an appeal to the masses to alert the 112 control room if any abandoned or unescorted persons are spotted anywhere across the city. The top cop also stated that citizens can contact the local police station for any missing complaints.
