India, Aug. 28 -- A missing persons Facebook page run by Delhi Police officer and his relentless efforts to trace missing people - often in his own time and beyond his official duties and jurisdiction - helped a 31-year-old specially abled man reunite with his family more than 100 days after he went missing from his village in Karnataka.

Ajay Kumar Jha, a 47-year-old assistant sub-inspector (ASI), launched a Facebook page "Mission Milap" three years ago to trace missing people, particularly those with disabilities.

Jha, who is also the father of a person with special needs, told HT that he has helped reunite more than 450 missing children, men and women with their families over the past three years. His efforts, he said, have largely in...