Mumbai Police

MISSING PERSONS BUREAU

This is the centralized branch situated in The Compound Of The Office Of Commissioner of Police, Mumbai. This branch deals with the cases of missing people, irrespective of the place from where the person is missing in the country. The officers and staff attached to this branch helps the relatives of missing person to trace him or her. Although endeavor of this branch to trace all missing persons, there is more emphasis laid on missing children and women.

The efforts to trace missing persons are mainly on the following lines:

Publish the description in a Police Notice and flash a wireless message
Issue a circular carrying a photograph and description of the missing person to all Police Stations
A photograph of the missing person is sent to Doordarshan to telecast it (A photograph of 10" x 12" size)
Field enquiries are made at Guest Houses, Hospitals, Railway Stations, Air-port, Bus stands, Cinema Houses, Parks, Gardens etc.
Enquiries are made at Railway Missing Persons Bureau
With the consent of the relatives of the missing person, photographs with description of the missing person are published in News Papers, local TV channels and also on the Internet.

This branch functions 24 hrs and members of the Public are free to seek the assistance of this branch to trace any Missing Person. The phone No is 22621549.