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IF SOMEONE GOES MISSING
* The first thing you should do, if someone from your family or neighbourhood goes missing, is to search for him/her in the locality and make calls to friends or relatives who can help you trace the person. * Go to the nearest police station if your search does not yield anything. Remember that there have been lots of cases of people going on picnics with friends and returning home after a couple of days while a missing complaint has been lodged by parents.
* Every police station has a Missing Persons’ Register. Take a photograph of the person who has gone missing and give details like height, complexion, birthmarks (if any), the time and place where s/he was seen last and the dress s/he was wearing. Cooperate with the police by providing as much information as possible about the person, including his/her psychological profile, suicidal tendencies (if any) and physical ailments.
* Take permission from the police to paste pictures of the person at public places like bus stands and railway stations.
* You can visit the Missing Persons’ Bureau at the police headquarters near Crawford Market and hand over photographs, which are given to Doordarshan for telecast at 8.55 pm on weekdays.
These are some telephone numbers that you should keep at home
* 22621855, 22621983, 22625020, 22641449 and 22620111 are the numbers you should call for any enquiry about missing persons; dial 022 before these numbers if you are calling from the cellphone.
* The facsimile number is 022-22633319.
* The easy-to-remember police helpline number is 100.
* There is a special helpline (103) at the police control room for missing women and children.
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