‘Operation Muskaan’: Girl missing for 2 months rescued from Jaisalmer near Pakistan border

GUNA: In a major breakthrough under ‘Operation Muskaan’, Raghogarh police in Madhya Pradesh rescued a 17-year-old girl who had gone missing two months ago. She was found in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, about 1,000 kilometres away near the Pakistan border, officials said on Saturday.The case was initiated after a woman filed a complaint at Madhusudangarh police station on September 9, reporting that her daughter had been missing since the night of September 7-8, Superintendent of Police Ankit Soni told reporters."As part of Operation Muskaan, the Raghogarh area police activated informers and used technical analysis to trace the girl. After sustained efforts, police found out the minor had been seen near the Pakistan border in Jaisalmer. The team immediately left for Rajasthan and rescued her," he said.The girl was brought back to Raghogarh and was handed over to her family this evening after legal formalities were completed, area police station house officer Anand Rai told PTI.She was reunited with her kin in the presence of Child Welfare Committee chairperson Neeru Sharma, he added.Operation Muskaan (smile) is initiative of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to rescue and rehabilitate missing children. (With agency inputs)