Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Delhi Police Reunites 1,149 Missing People With Families
Delhi Police runs an effort called Operation Milap to find missing people.
This year, police reunited 1,149 people with their families in southwest Delhi.
The group included 296 children.
In August, police found 159 people, including 27 children and 132 adults.
Officers studied CCTV video and asked people in local areas for help.
They also showed photographs at transport places and checked hospitals and police stations.
Some people had been missing for several years.
Police said one person was missing since 2019, another since 2022, and four had been reported missing in 2025.
Delhi Police reunited 1,149 missing people, including 296 children, with their families in southwest Delhi this year.
Police traced 159 people in August, including 27 minors and 132 adults.
Teams used CCTV footage, local inquiries, photographs, hospital records, police records and local informers.
Kapashera recorded the highest August recoveries, tracing five children and 35 adults.
The operation also located people who had been missing since 2019, 2022 and 2025.
- Who
- Delhi Police, including local police teams and the district anti-human trafficking unit.
- What
- Operation Milap traced and reunited 1,149 missing people, including 296 children, with their families.
- When
- This year; 159 people were traced during August.
- Where
- Southwest Delhi, including Kapashera, Vasant Kunj South and Palam Village.
- Why
- Police used the operation to locate missing people and reunite them with their families.
- People reunited this year
- 1,149
- Children reunited this year
- 296
- People traced in August
- 159
- Minors traced in August
- 27
- Adults traced in August
- 132
- Highest August recovery
- Kapashera traced five children and 35 adults
- Methods used
- CCTV footage, local inquiries, photographs, records checks and local informers