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Operation Muskaan: Chhattisgarh Police Rescues 559 Missing Children Across The State

The campaign 'Operation Muskaan' carried out by the Chhattisgarh Police was able to rescue 72 boys and 487 girls which made a total of 559 children from across the state.

Chhattisgarh Police rescues 559 children under ' Operation Muskaan'
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Under the state-wide campaign 'Operation Muskaan', a?total of 559 missing children were recovered from across Chhattisgarh by the police.

According to an official statement, it was revealed that 72 boys and 487 girls were rescued in this operation across the state. In further details, the statement says, "The number includes 76 children from Janjgir-Champa, 56 from Raipur, 52 from Bilaspur, and 52 from Sakti. The remaining children were recovered from other districts. The recovered boys and girls were handed over to their families."

It concluded by saying, "The Police achieved success in restoring the smiles on the faces of the missing children and their parents."

General of Police CID SC Dwivedi was supervising the Chhattisgarh police as they conducted this operation to trace the missing children in the state.

Several other states along with Chattisgarh also run this campaign namely,?Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, and Karnataka.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister's official Twitter handle posted about this incident.

The official statement also said, "In accordance with the instructions of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Operation Muskaan is being conducted in the state to trace missing children. The Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu had issued orders to the Director General of Police Ashok Juneja to execute a comprehensive campaign in this regard."