Rajesh Kumar, the Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) in the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of Haryana Police, has received praise from various NGOs, as well as from the Director General of Haryana Police and even Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi for going extra mile to unite missing persons with their families.
Since 2016, the ASI has so far reunited 700 persons including women, elderly and children from 20 states and three countries with their families.
The efforts of Haryana Police ASI have also been penned down in a book where stories of missing persons and children reuniting with their families have been shared.
Rajesh Kumar
© Photo : Rajesh Kumar
While talking to Sputnik India, Kumar shared how he searches for the lost children and how people react to his efforts.
Speaking on how he started rescuing missing children, Kumar told Sputnik India that it all started in 2016 when he went to the Child Care Institute (CCI) for the first time and the children over their came running to him thinking he was their parent.
“After that I took up the responsibility to find the children and reunite them with their families. Since then, I have been continuously searching for the missing children and so far I have reunited a lot of children with their families,” the ASI stated.
Remembering the most difficult case he has solved, the Haryana police official said that it was of a Delhi teacher who requested him to find her parents and despite too little information he was able to find them.
Rajesh Kumar
© Photo : Rajesh Kumar
“The girl was separated with her family when she was 5-year-old. I only knew the name of the father and also that one finger of her mother was chopped off. I was able to trace her family in four months and reunite them after 16 years,” Kumar said.
He also shared that recently he brought 10-15 deaf and dumb children from Bihar and reunited them with their parents.
Rajesh Kumar
© Photo : Rajesh Kumar
Talking about the difficulties he faced, Kumar said: “In the beginning, people would not respond properly and even abuse. Once a family thought I was a kidnapper. I never paid any attention to these things and just focused on finding the children and taking them to their homes. However, now people themselves call me and share information.”