• By Imran Zafar
  • Sat, 04 Nov 2023 12:08 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND

Bihar Police revealed on Friday that 5958 children, 85 per cent of them girls, have gone missing in the state between January and August this year. Additional Director General Jitendra Singh Gangwar said that only 2,799 of them have been rescued in the state, while 3145 are still missing and said that efforts are underway to find them.

Bihar Police have also launched a special campaign to verify the status of the missing children by visiting their homes and contacting their parents on the 15th and 16th of every month. ADG Headquarters said that Childline service is being operated by the Child India Foundation (CIF) and the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development for the safety of children. 

Under the initiative, police urged the public to use the emergency service 1098 for the safety of children. The data on the missing, kidnapped and recovered children is uploaded on a web portal (trackthemissingchild.gov.in), which is monitored by the Crime Investigation Department of the state. 

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A Childline Advisory Board, headed by the District Collector, has been formed in every district to oversee the operation of the service. According to the Police Headquarters, every police station head is the ex-officio juvenile welfare officer of his police station area. In the absence of the police station head, the officer in charge will discharge the duties as a Juvenile Welfare Officer to look after the welfare of children.