Maharashtra - Get Information About Missing Persons

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. The complainant, who already registered a complaint about a missing person, shall file another complaint in the concerned police station asking for the information/details of further developments in the case since the registration of the complaint. Also, a RTI can be filed to keep a check on the efforts being made to find the missing person.
2. Contact link please select your district from the dropdown list provided under “District/Police Commissionerates” for respective district portal. Here, use the “Contact Us” menu for contact details.
3. Please visit the respective office.
4. Meet the respective authority at the office and collect the complaint form (if any) from the concerned authority or write on a plain A4 sheet as advised.
5. Once the complaint is ready, please attach the required documents as per the “Required Documents” section of this page and submit it to the designated receiving authority.
6. After receiving the complaint, authorities will check the complaint and documents. If all are in place, the complaint will be accepted.
7. Authorities will make entries about this complaint in the manual record or electronically using the computer.
8. The complaint will be processed further. The ”SMS” triggered update on complaint status will be sent to the complainant’s mobile or complainant gets a call from the police station about the complaint status.
9. The concerned authorities will scrutinize the records and “General Station Diary (GD)” followed by an internal inquiry. Once the required information on the investigation is ascertained, a report will be generated.
10. Also, the details of cross-reference made with the records of the Missing Persons Bureau, then in the State Crime Records Bureau, and the Missing Persons Wing at the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in New Delhi will be recorded.
11. The ‘NCRB’, under the ‘TALASH’ Information System, maintains a national level database of missing persons under different categories. The information on cross-reference of the details made with the database will also be included.
12. Once the processing is over, the report will be submitted to the respective signing authority.
13. The signing authority will endorse the report with his/her seal after evaluation.
14. The status will be conveyed to the complainant through an SMS or through phone call.
15. The complainant shall visit the concerned police station to get the report.
16. The whole process can be completed in 7 days. Fee related information is provided under the “Fees” section of this page.

Apply for Right To Information (RTI)

1. Please refer the following link to apply for RTI link

Note:

• Before accepting the complaint, the police may, ask the applicant to make another attempt to search the missing person at home or nearby. Concerning the mode of complaint used, the police may duly file the complaint and begin with the necessary investigation process.
  

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Required Documents

• A written complaint (if the complaint form is available in the police station, then make use of it)
• Applicant’s proof of address (Ration card / Bank pass book / Telephone bill / Aadhaar card)
• Applicant’s proof of identity (Voter ID / Passport / Aadhaar card / Driving licence)
• FIR copy for the initial missing complaint registered or any document evidencing the registration of earlier complaint about the missing person.
• Photo of the missing person (the latest one before missing)
• Aadhaar card
• Additional documents (if any)
• “Set of documents required to Apply for Right To Information (RTI)” link

Note:

• Apart from the above documents, authorities may ask for additional information or documents. Please provide them for processing.

Office Locations & Contacts

Maharashtra Police Headquarters,
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Marg, Colaba,
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - 400001.
Contact information link please use the “Contact Us” menu for contact details.

Right to Information (RTI),
Room No.279A, North Block,
New Delhi-110001.
Email: [email protected]
Contact information link

Eligibility

• Those who have already registered a missing person complaint with a police station are eligible to file another complaint/application, in addition to the complaint, in the concerned police station.
  
• The complainant should provide valid FIR or any other document that the police station acknowledged for the registration of complaint.
  

Fees

• This service is offered free of cost.
• For “Apply for Right To Information (RTI)” fee details, please refer the following link

Validity

• The complaint registered is valid for the investigation and till the closure of the complaint.
• Whereas, the information obtained is a statement or report about the development of the investigation and doesn’t warrant any validity with respect to period.

Documents to Use

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

• The complaint registration is instant.
• The processing may not take more than 7 days or as per the timeline provided by the respective police station authorities.

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Instructions

• Don’t forget to take all the originals of the document along with a copy for filing the complaint.
• Incomplete application will be rejected.
• Avoid spelling mistakes while filling the application form.
• Please find the missing persons squad/desk in police stations.
• As per “Bachpan Bachao Andolan” that the complaint can also be filed with the help of an SMS as well. Once this is done, preliminary verification of the caller will be done, and the information will be added to the general diary and FIR.

Required Information

• Name of the complainant
• Name of the missing person
• Age of the missing person
• Gender of the missing person
• Address of the complainant and missing person
• Father's Name of complainant and missing person
• Email ID
• Mobile number
• Aadhaar card number
• District name
• Date of the earlier complaint registered
• FIR number or any other details as appropriate for the acknowledgement of submission of complaint
• Date of complaint
• Mobile number
• Email ID

Need for the Document

• Those who have registered a missing person complaint with a police station shall file another complaint/application, in addition to the complaint, in the concerned police station asking for further developments in the case.
• It is the basic rights of a citizen to exercise his/her right to information about the missing person.
• A complaint to get information about missing persons is a strong approach to ensure that the police are taking the matter into serious cognizance.

Information which might help

• Apart from making a complaint, the complainant shall also publish an advertisement in a local newspaper about such person mentioning his particulars and identification marks, along with his/her photograph.
• Nowadays, social media platforms and radio/FM can also be useful to find such person.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

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Others

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