Gandhinagar, May 21 -- In a massive statewide search drive named 'Operation Milap', Gujarat Police traced 701 missing persons, including women and children, within just 14 days of the campaign launched earlier this month under Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) K L N Rao.

According to a release, the special operation, launched in the first week of May, has directed every police commissioner and district superintendent of police in Gujarat to reopen, review and aggressively pursue long-pending missing person cases.

According to the Gujarat Police, more than 24,767 people have been reported missing across the state since 2007.

"Under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel, the Gujarat Police has launched a special dri...