Mumbai, March 13 The railway police has traced 305 missing children in the last month under Operation Muskan and reunited 247 of them with their families, an official said on Friday.
The initiative to locate and reunite missing and vulnerable children found travelling or living alone on railway premises was conducted between January 20 and February 20, he added.
"The railway police collaborated with the Mumbai police's Nirbhaya squad. During Operation Muskan-14, a total of 305 children were located. Of these, 193 children were directly handed over to their families, while 54 were reunited with their parents through children's homes. The remaining 58 children are currently being kept in children's homes for further verification and care," he said.
The police also traced 18 children who were already on police records, he said, adding that three children who had been victims of kidnapping were also located during the operation.
Citizens should contact the GRP helpline number 1512 in cases involving missing children or women, the official added.