Special Drive by H.P. Police to trace out missing persons

No.1313/2021-Pub

Shimla

15^th   November, 2021

Special Drive by H.P. Police to trace out missing persons

A spokesperson of Himachal Pradesh Police said here today that Police Department has launched a special drive to trace out missing persons in the months of September and October, 2021 in the State. During this special campaign HP Police succeeded in tracing out 635 missing persons.

He said that Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has appreciated the efforts made by HP Police to trace out missing persons and congratulated Director General of Police Sanjay Kundu and his team.

As per data, presently Himachal Pradesh has 18,577 missing persons since 2010 (up to 30.09.2021). Out of these, 17,059 persons have so far been traced out and the remaining 1416 persons are still untraced/missing. Overall percentage of traced persons in HP is 91.83 percent, which is quite satisfactory. State Police also   analyzed the reasons for persons who went missing and accordingly counselled the traced out persons and their family members.

He said that a missing person is someone who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and fate are unknown. A person may go missing through voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found, or various other reasons. These persons are generally reported as missing persons to the police.

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Regards,

DPR Shimla

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