Odisha police rescue over 122 children

Bhubaneswar (Odisha): The Odisha Police rescued at least 122 children, including one girl child missing from Jammu and Kashmir in past fortnight, as part of its Operation Smile-II programme launched on January 1, 2016.

The Odisha Police launched the operation in association with and Women and Child Development Department to rescue and rehabilitate the missing children.

Crime Branch Additional Director General B.K. Sharma said the Smile-II operation would continue till end of this month.

However, he said the focus from today till January 31 would be outside states such as Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

ANI