590 children rescued by crime branch under ‘Operation Milap’ in 2019
NEW DELHI: The Anti Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the crime branch has rescued 590 children under Operation Milap this year. Most of these children have been rescued from bus Stands, railway stations and other places in Delhi.
According to police, most of these children belong to impoverished families with little or no means. They have been rescued before they could fell into wrong hands.
According to police under Operation Milap, AHTU carries out a special drive to periodically check all the bus stands, railway stations, and other places in Delhi to look for unattended and stray children. The rescued children are counselled and also given requisite medical attention were ever so required.
Deputy Commissioner of
Police (AHTU) Joy Tirkey said that AHTU also visits Children Homes across the city and makes an effort to track down the parents of children who may be lodged in these Children Homes but are unable to reveal much about their actual families or home addresses.
Officials try to search for the parents and home of the children rescued so that these children can be restored with their respective families. "Photographic database of these children is also undertaken by the concerned police officials to link them properly," said DCP Tirkey .
The AHTU unit has also organised a programme where children were reunited with their families. According to family members who were present at the event they were very happy that their kids were again reunited. One Birender Rawat, native of Madhya Pradesh, whose 14-year-old son went missing this November said, "My family was shattered after my son went missing. Later, we got a call from the crime branch office in which a police officer informed us that my son was traced. It was the happiest moment of my life."
In another instance, a girl aged 11 years was recovered whose hearing and speech was impaired, she was prone to fits and having low IQ.
The team who was behind the rescue operations was formed under ACP Surender Gulia and led by four inspectors including Mahesh Pandey. The crime branch officials also took help from the Delhi Police ZIP NET, the‘ track the missing child' website, missing person Squad and also the ‘Facial Recognition System' software in tracing missing kids.
Apart from rescuing children, AHTU has also recovered 905 kidnapped, abducted, missing persons while investigating cases registered in Delhi. Out of these 905 rescued and recovered persons, 520 were females and 144 were minors. Recovered persons also include elderly and mentally chal
lenged people.
DCP Tirkey said that in one instance, an eighty-two years old senior citizen was traced who had suffered temporary memory loss. His legs had swelled due to fatigue arising out of constant walking and travelling and being away from comforts of home. Now, with the care and attention of his family members, he has recovered and is leading a normal
life. "Similarly, a 75 years old man was traced who had left his house due to depressionrelated to old age. He is now in the care of his family members," said DCP Tirkey.