Gujarat police have launched a 15 day special drive to find out missing children in the state. This was announced by the state's Director General of Police Ashish Bhatia yesterday. According to an official press release, all police stations, Anti Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU), Missing Persons Cell and various branches of police like CCB, DCB, PCB and SOG are being involved in this drive. Police officials have been asked to visit observation homes and child care homes during this drive to find out missing and kidnapped children.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">As per the Police records, about 46,400 children went missing in the State during the period from 2007 to 2020, out of which 43,783 children were found out eventually. The ratio of success remained 94.36 percent. As per the review done by state DGP Ashish Bhatia, 2,617 children are still missing and need to be traced out. AIR Ahmedabad correspondent reports that Mr. Bhatia took over as new DGP of the state on 1st August after retirement of his predecessor Shivanand Jha.</span><br />