Mangalore : Missing Child Bureau comes into being at DC office

Mangalore : Missing Child Bureau comes into being at DC office

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Feb 17, 2014 :  The  District unit of Missing Child Bureau  was inaugurated at the Deputy Commissioner’s office in the city on February 17, Monday.

Speaking after inaugurating the unit, Patil Nagalingana Gowda, President of Juvenile Justice Board, said the authorities must give due attention  to the task of tracing missing children

 

 

Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim  who also spoke on the occasion expressed his concern over the rising cases of missing of children and hoped the Bureau would be able to do justice in its role of tracing missing children.

CWC Chairperson Asha Nayak  in her address said  the Missing Child Bureau is an initiative of NGOs and  delved upon issues that might prompt children to leave their  homes. She also underlined the need to trace the children and ensure that such children are not exploited  sexually.

The event was blessed by Dr Geevarghese Mar Divannasios, Bishop of Puttur Diocese. Gertrude Veigas, Assistant director of the Department of Women and Child Welfare, Binu Varghese, State Co-ordinator of the Bureau and others were present.