Updated On: 02 December, 2023 01:03 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
Dog squad member, Leo, used the child’s T-shirt to identify his scent and covered an area extending up to a 500-metre radius to track him down

Leo with Joint Commissioner of Police (law and order) Satya Narayan Chaudhary (centre) and other Mumbai police officers
Leo, Mumbai police’s six-and-a-half-year-old canine sleuth, has earned recognition from Joint Commissioner of Police (law and order) Satya Narayan Chaudhary for helping the Powai police locate a missing child within an hour and a half. Leo is a Doberman, a German breed, and has been crucial in solving police cases ranging from murder, kidnapping, missing persons and housebreaking.
Chaudhary saluted Leo and appreciated his handler, Constable Bhau Saheb Shinde, for the detection. At the end of the year, Leo would be given a certificate for his achievement.