The Telangana police rescued 3,479 children including 3,074 boys and 405 girls under Operation Smile during 2023.
Out of the rescued children, 2,947 including 2,619 boys and 328 girls were reunited with their parents.
In all, 532 children, including 455 boys and 77 girls, were admitted to rescue homes; 707 rescued children, including 606 boys and 81 girls, belong to other states or countries.
In all, 16 streetchildren, all boys, were rescued during the operation; 3,216 children trapped in child labour were rescued. Out of them, 2,848 are boys and 368 are girls; six boys were rescued from bonded labour; 112 children including 98 boys and 14 girls were rescued from brick kilns and 15 children, including 12 boys and three girls were rescued from begging rackets.
In all, 114 children including 94 boys and 20 girls were rescued from other forms of labour; 335 children were enrolled in DARPAN Application and 3,267 children were compared with missing children database during the operation; 652 FIRs were registered under various sections of laws and involving 655 accused persons were arrested on the same day. Seven missing children were also traced.