Have you seen this girl? 7-year old Pooja Gaud went missing outside The Cama Municipal School in Andheri, Mumbai. That was three years ago. Now, retired assistant sub-inspector Rajendra Dhondu Bhosale must walk away from this case, no closer to finding Pooja today than he was on January 22, 2013. Bhosale was in-charge of the missing bureau at Dadabhai Naoroji police station since 2011. Together with his team, he tracked down 165 of 166 missing girls, between 2008 and 2015.

Pooja Gaud is 'Girl #166'. The case continues to haunt this 58-year old police officer.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Bhosale narrates the details of his long and arduous search for Pooja. One that has, unfortunately, been cut short now. He still believes she is out there when he says, “...my gut says she is alive.”

To this day, he carries Pooja's photographs with him, obsessively searching for any information that might lead him to the missing girl.

According to a 2014 The Times of India report, the government data estimated nearly 1.5 lakh missing children between Feb 2013 and August 2014. Further, the data shows that over 3.25 lakh children went missing between 2011 - 2014. Of these, 45% remain untraced.