Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Nearly 12 years after going missing, Seema (name changed), who disappeared from home in November 2013 at age 13, was recently traced under Operation Muskan. Her mother had filed a kidnapping complaint at Piplani police station, but there had been no trace of her for over a decade.

During the operation, police gathered information from relatives and tracked Seema to Chennai. She is now 26, married, and a mother. Seema told police she had left home voluntarily and later married her lover from Raisen after reaching legal age.

Police said that under Operation Muskan, several long-missing and abducted girls have been traced. Legal action in these cases is often complicated, as many girls have married and started families. Police often refrain from taking action to av

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