‘Operation Muskan-2 on to prevent child trafficking

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Jan 06, 2016:  DK SP Sharanappa S.D told media  here on Jan 5,Tuesday DK - Dakshina Kannada police  continued Operation Muskan, a programme to focus on the investigation of cases related to missing children, for the second consecutive year.

Labelled,  ‘Operation Muskan 2’,  DK SP Sharanappa  said a team of five policemen was constituted in each police station which would exclusively deal with cases of missing children  which had been pending for several years.

The team would not just be looking at missing children but also into cases of missing adults, SP  Sharanappa said. Last year, the district police solved five cases that were pending for nearly five years, he said.  The district’s anti-human trafficking unit had been adjudged the best in the State.

He said the State Criminal Investigation Department reviewed functioning of each of the district anti-human trafficking units last month.