Archive · 12 Jan 2026
Operation Muskan: 12,314 Girls Missing, 13,774 Recovered in 2025
In 2025, a special police operation called Operation Muskan in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, helped find and bring back more girls who had gone missing than the number of girls who went missing that year.
The police found 13,774 girls, while 12,314 girls were reported missing.
This operation has been very successful in reducing the number of pending cases.
Over the past few years, the number of missing girls has been increasing, but the police have been working hard to find and bring them back to their families.
In one case, a girl who had been missing for 8 years was finally found and returned to her family.
The police use different methods like CCTV and location tracking to find the missing girls.
Operation Muskan recovered 13,774 girls in 2025, more than the 12,314 reported missing.
Missing girl cases have increased steadily since 2023, with 11,250 in 2023 and 11,907 in 2024.
Pending cases of missing girls have decreased due to successful recoveries.
A girl missing for 8 years was found and reunited with her family in 2025.
Recent recoveries include girls found in Singrauli and Maihar, returned safely to their families.
- Who
- Police under Operation Muskan, launched by PHQ’s Women Safety Wing
- What
- Recovered more girls than those who went missing in 2025
- When
- In 2025
- Where
- Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, and other states
- Why
- To address the increasing cases of missing girls and reduce pending cases
- Total Missing Girls (2025)
- 12,314
- Total Recovered Girls (2025)
- 13,774
- Missing Girls (2024)
- 11,907
- Missing Girls (2023)
- 11,250
- Missing Girls (2022)
- Fewer than 10,000
- Longest Case Solved
- 8 years
- Reward for Information
- Rs 20,000