Rekha Mishra

Rekha Mishra (born c. 1986) is an Indian police officer who was recognised for finding hundreds of lost children. She was awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar in 2018.

Rekha Mishra
Bornc.1986
maybe Uttar Pradesh
NationalityIndia
Occupationpolice officer
Known forrescuing children who run away to Mumbai

Life

Mishta was born in about 1986. Her military family comes from Allabahad in Uttar Pradesh.[1]

She joined the police in 2014 and she was assigned to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus.[1] She was a sub-inspector of the police and she and her colleagues become skilled at spotting children who found themselves at the end of the railway line and unsure of their next step.[2] By 2018 she had recognised hundreds children who had run away to Mumbai. They had naively come to the big city to try and meet Bollywood film stars or to meet people they had found on Facebook.[1]

On International Women's Day in 2018 Jain was given the Nari Shakti Puraskar[3] at the Presidential Palace (Rastrapati Bhavan) in New Delhi by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind. The ceremony was attended by the Minister for Women & Child Development, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi and the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. About thirty people were recognised that day, receiving the award and a prize of 100,000 rand.[4] After Mishta was awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar and 100,000 Rand donated the money to the NGO Childline who rescue and care for lost and troubled children. She argued that the charity needed the money more than she did.[5] Her work was also used as an exemplar in school text books in Maharashtra for year 10 students.[1] The book illustrates what can happen to children who run away.[6]

References
  1. "Railway Cop Saved Hundreds Of Kids. Now She Is A "Lesson" In Maharashtra". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  2. "Rekha Mishra RPF officer Saved 434 Runaway Children in 1 year at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal Mumbai". BookOfAchievers. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  3. "Nari Shakti Puraskar - Gallery". narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  4. "On International Women's Day, the President conferred the prestigious Nari Shakti Puraskars to 30 eminent women and 9 distinguished Institutions for the year 2017". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  5. Mar 16, Yogesh NaikYogesh Naik / Updated:; 2018; Ist, 06:33. "Will decide on party's future in a week: Rane". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2021-01-17.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. "Rekha Mishra RPF officer Saved 434 Runaway Children in 1 year at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal Mumbai". BookOfAchievers. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
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