Maharashtra - Get Information about Unidentified or Found Person

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. The relatives, acquaintances of the missing person shall approach the police station to get information about unidentified or found Person.
2. Contact link please select the respective district from the drop-down list provided under “District/Police Commissionerates” for the respective district portal. Here, use the “Contact Us” menu for contact details.
3. Please visit the respective office.
4. Meet the respective authorities at the office and consult with them about the process to get information about unidentified or found Person.
5. As advised, please write a request/plea on a plain A4 sheet or collect the form (if any) from the concerned authority.
6. Once the request/plea is ready, please attach the required documents as per the “Required Documents” section of this page and submit it to the designated receiving authority.
7. This request will be processed further. As the required details will be digitally available, the authorities will try to find the matching details from the database.
8. The search will also be carried out on those unidentified or found person admitted in the hospital as per the police record.
9. This request/plea can be processed immediately. Based on the matching data, the information recorded can be provided.
10. In case the matching data is not availed, the application will be recorded in the office to cross-check for any matching data.
11. The whole process can be completed on the same day or as per the timeline provided by the authorities.
12. The fee related information is provided under the “Fees” section of this page.

NOTE:

• The information including found date, age or age range, height, clothing, appearance, physical features, sex, state etc. will be recorded by the police department about the unidentified or found person.
  

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Required Documents

• A written request (if the request 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 of the complaint registered about the missing person if available
• Photo of the missing person (the latest one before missing)
• Aadhaar card

NOTE:

• Apart from the above documents, the 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 No. - 22822631, 22026636
Contact information link please use the “Contact Us” menu for contact details.

Eligibility

• The applicant should be a citizen of India.
  
• Those who are 18 years and above are eligible to apply.
  
• The relatives, acquaintances of the missing person are eligible.
  

Fees

• This service is offered free of cost. But, the applicant has to pay the charges (if any) as per authorities quote while applying.

Validity

• The information obtained itself is valid for the purpose for which it was obtained 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 a day or as per the timeline provided by the respective police station authorities.

Related Videos

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Instructions

• An unidentified or found person should only be released when identification is certain.
• Don’t forget to take all the originals of the document along with a copy to the police station.
• Incomplete request/plea will be rejected.
• Avoid spelling mistakes while filling the request/plea form.
• Please find the missing persons squad/desk in police stations for clarification.

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 the complaint about the missing of the victim
• Mobile number
• Email ID

Need for the Document

• The information of unidentified or abandoned or injured person (being hospitalized) will be immediately intimated by the public or by the hospital through phone or to the police staff who come across or directly visiting the nearby police station.
• The respective police station will record the details about the person being found and this information will be recorded in the online database for retrieval.
• This information will be helpful for the relatives, acqauintances of the missing person (victim) to clarify if there is any matching person identity is found.

Information which might help

• While registering a complaint about a missing person, the complainant should clearly mention the date and the probable time the victim was missing. Also, the details of the missing person including name, parentage, age, height, complexion, sex, clothes worn and any special mark of identification etc.
• 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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