A facial recognition tool, Darpan developed by the Telangana police helped in re-uniting a missing Assam girl with her family.
Anjali Tigga 16yrs, missing since 2016 from Lakhimpur, Assam found at Sonitpur Child Care Institution using #TelanganaPolice Facial Recognition Tool 'Darpan'.
Emotional reunion followed…..@TelanganaDGP @shesafe_ts pic.twitter.com/CTZEoOanlo— Swati Lakra IPS (@IGWomenSafety) December 16, 2018
Anjali Tigga of Boginodi in Assam’s Lakhimpur went to Delhi in search of livelihood. However, in September last year she went back to Assam without informing her parents and started working near Sonitpur there.
With the help of Darpan, launched in August this year, Anjali was traced to a Children’s Home in Sonipur of Assam’s Tezpur district, Telangana IGP (Law and Order), Woman Safety Wing, Swati Lakra said.