Hyderabad: Facial recognition technology reunites lost child with family
A six-year-old boy who had gone missing nearly a year ago from Hyderabad has been reunited with his family with the help of "Facial Recognition System" (FRS) launched by the Telangana Police. Sub Inspector of Police, Venkateshwarlu, used the "Facial Recognition" application developed by Intelligence Department of Telangana Police and linked the child in shelter home with the missing report.
A missing report was filed in October last year
A missing report was filed after the boy, (then aged six) had gone out to play with his friends but never returned. The boy was traced to "Kutumbam" home for children in Dindigul, where he was staying since Dec'17. We are also in the process of getting the database of all missing children across the country with an aim to trace them, police said.
