Building Safer Futures: Reimagining Child Protection with Artificial Intelligence

Updated: Jun 20, 2026 02:43 am IST Published On Jun 20, 2026 02:43 am IST Last Updated On Jun 20, 2026 02:43 am IST

Published On Jun 20, 2026 02:43 am IST

Last Updated On Jun 20, 2026 02:43 am IST

In January 2026, two young sisters went missing from Ranchi, Jharkhand, triggering an urgent search. With limited leads and vast geographies to cover, Ranchi Police sought support from Just Rights for Children's Raksha AI tools. Drawing on years of child protection data, trafficking patterns, migration trends, GIS mapping and machine learning, Raksha AI responds to the critical question If the children had been trafficked, where were they most likely to be found? The tool identified a high-risk trafficking corridor spanning Lohardaga, Khunti and Gumla. Despite massive manhunt, the girls were not in these hotspot districts. It appeared that the prediction had failed.

The tech experts of Raksha ai urged

“The model is not predicting a single village or building It is identifying the most likely operational geography. Continue searching within the surrounding radius.”

“The model is not predicting a single village or building It is identifying the most likely operational geography. Continue searching within the surrounding radius.”

The police expanded their efforts to nearby locations within the same movement corridor highlighted by the analysis. Then came the breakthrough. On 14 January 2026, the two sisters were safely rescued from the Chitarpur area of Ramgarh district, Jharkhand, within the radius identified by Raksha AI. The information generated through technology aided search and rescue operation, further led to the rescue of another 52 missing and kidnapped children, the arrest of 21........

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