Bengaluru: A family returning from a late-night temple visit at Rajajinagar left behind their four-year-old boy, asleep in the back seat of the cab, on reaching their Hennur residence this Feb. But action by a Hoysala team in quick response (QR) mode helped reunite the boy with his family.The boy’s parents called the police control room on 112 as soon as they realised that the child was missing and shared the cab’s details. A Hoysala police patrol team, which was assigned the case, tracked the live location of the cab. Its driver, who had yet to discover the sleeping boy in his vehicle, confirmed to cops that he was still asleep in the back seat. The cab driver returned to the family’s house and handed over the boy to his parents. The entire operation ended in less than 50 minutes.With the quick intervention of the Hoysala teams, 217 children, either missing or those who had run away from home between Feb and June this year, were reunited with their families in less than 90 minutes, according to city police records.During this period, Hoysala teams were assigned 249 cases of missing children. While 217 were traced, 22 cases involved false complaints and in 10 cases, missing children are yet to be traced.Sleuths from patrolling Hoysala vehicles responded to the emergency and succeeded in taking the case to a logical end, city police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh said.“On receiving an emergency call, the location of the caller is automatically traced. Then, with the help of artificial intelligence, the call is assigned to a Hoysala patrol team, close to the place of incident. Without losing time, our sleuths can act on the issue,” he said.Joint commissioner of police Kuldeep Kumar Jain said they have completely abolished jurisdictional limits to patrolling Hoysala vehicles. “When Hoysala vehicles were limited to their jurisdictions, much of the time was spent on selecting the team, to which the case was to be handled. Now, Hoysala vehicles are no longer bound to jurisdiction. Each of our 240 Hoysala vehicles will be moving around round the clock. Whichever vehicle is near to the place of incident, it will be sent,” he added.However, police are yet to trace 10 minor boys, who went missing from their homes in different parts of the city between Feb and June. Police said though Hoysala reached the destination in time and gathered details, they failed to trace the boys, who, in all 10 cases, had run away from home.Call and prompt actionHulimavu rescue: A seven-year-old boy went missing from his home in April. After his parents alerted the 112 helpline, the control room dispatched a Hoysala unit attached to Hulimavu police station. The team reached the location in 12 minutes, initiated a localised tracking grid, and traced the child 4km away from his home.Chikkagollarahatti operation: A seven-year-old girl wandered away from her residence while playing outside in May. The public noticed her mother searching frantically and called 112. A Hoysala team responded immediately, scanned neighbourhood CCTV footage to map the child’s movement trail, and rescued her near a local shop.E-City incident: A young boy separated from his family was found wandering in a confused state near a local supermarket in June. A Hoysala patrol team was dispatched to secure the child, establish his identity, and safely coordinate with his family at Hongasandra.
