Hyderabad, Aug. 2 -- As many as 648 children trapped in child labour, begging or who went missing were rescued by the Malkajgiri police during a month-long Operation Muskan conducted from July 1 to 31.

Among the children rescued, 262 are from Telangana, and the remaining 386 belong to other states. As part of the initiative, eight special teams worked in coordination with the anti-human trafficking unit of the Malkajgiri Commissionerate to rescue the children.

The children were rescued from factories, hotels, workshops, construction sites, and commercial establishments. As part of the operation, special inspections were carried out at 36 hotspots, and 5,828 searches were conducted through the DARPAN application across 54 Child Care Inst...