383 girls and women missing from Mumbai in 3 months, show police data
1 year, 7 months ago

383 girls and women missing from Mumbai in 3 months, show police data

The Hindu  

Describing as “alarming” the latest data on missing girls and women in Maharashtra, the State Commission for Women has sought an investigation into the cases. From January 1 and March 31 this year, 3,594 girls and women in the age group of 16-35 went missing in Maharashtra, with 383 missing from Mumbai alone, the data showed. The department should carry out a search campaign and the report of the action taken should be submitted to the commission every 15 days,” said chairperson of the Maharashtra State Commission for Women, Rupali Chakankar. A case has been registered against two agents from Sakinaka area of ​​Mumbai who lure women and send them abroad.” On May 15, Ms. Chakankar, along with members of the commission, Gauri Chhabria and Suprada Phatarpekar, met Special Inspector General of Police of Women and Child Crime Prevention Department, Deepak Pandey; Director General of Law and Order Police, Suhas Warke; Deputy Commissioner of Police Dr. Swamy; the Joint Secretary of Home Department, Rahul Kulkarni; Deputy Secretary of Mahila Aayog, Deepa Thakur; and legal experts in this regard.

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HC directs state to file affidavit on steps taken to trace missing children, women
4 months ago

HC directs state to file affidavit on steps taken to trace missing children, women

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government is duty bound to trace missing women and children, said the Bombay high court on Thursday, and directed the state to file an affidavit on measures taken by it to deal with such cases. HT Image A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar was hearing a public interest litigation, filed …

375,058 women, 90,113 girls went missing in India in 2021, MP & Maharashtra top the list: NCRB
1 year, 4 months ago

375,058 women, 90,113 girls went missing in India in 2021, MP & Maharashtra top the list: NCRB

Firstpost  

According to NCRB, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra recorded the maximum number of cases of missing girls and women among all other States in the years 2019, 2020 and 2021. Maharashtra government has also taken several steps for women’s safety such as the prevention of atrocities against women’s cells, Mahila Police Kaksha, Mahila Suraksha Samittee, Anti Human Trafficking Unit and Investigative …

Maharashtra women's commission seeks setting up of panel to find missing women
1 year, 7 months ago

Maharashtra women's commission seeks setting up of panel to find missing women

The Hindu  

Maharashtra State Commission for Woman Chairperson Rupali Chakankar has asked the State Home Department to set up a panel to find out women missing from the State and submit a report every fortnight on its progress. It is a serious matter that women and girls were going missing from the State, Ms. Chakankar said on May 15. She was speaking …

1228 kids went missing in 3 years from Telangana, only 440 were traced
2 years ago

1228 kids went missing in 3 years from Telangana, only 440 were traced

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Centre told Parliament that 1,228 children had gone missing in Telangana from 2019 to 2021, of whom 440 had been traced. This is an abysmal low of around 36 per cent as against the national average of 89 per cent missing children traced across the country, the Union ministry of women and child development told the Lok Sabha. …

All missing girls in Deogarh district rescued: Odisha police
2 years, 1 month ago

All missing girls in Deogarh district rescued: Odisha police

The Hindu  

Deogarh, a tiny Odisha district, reported that all minor missing girls from the district were rescued while only a minor boy left to be detected. The Deogarh police have rescued 19 missing girls within past three months from Odisha and from outside the State due to concerted efforts by different line departments and support from general public. Phone numbers and …

Three women, two children found dead in well near Jaipur
2 years, 6 months ago

Three women, two children found dead in well near Jaipur

The Hindu  

The bodies of three sisters, married to three brothers, and their two children were found in a well in Jaipur district’s Dudu town on Saturday, with the women’s family members alleging that they were being harassed by their in-laws. The women’s father alleged in his complaint lodged with the police that his daughters were harassed by their husbands and in-laws …

For first time, India records more women than men, finds latest NFHS
3 years, 1 month ago

For first time, India records more women than men, finds latest NFHS

Firstpost  

As per the fifth round of the National Family and Health Survey, there are 1,020 women for every 1,000 men As per the fifth round of the National Family and Health Survey, India now has more women than men. There are 1,020 women for every 1,000 men as per the report released by the Union health ministry on Wednesday. In …

Over 2,400 missing girls rescued in Jan 2021: MP Police
3 years, 10 months ago

Over 2,400 missing girls rescued in Jan 2021: MP Police

The Hindu  

Madhya Pradesh police have rescued 2,444 minor girls last month under a campaign to trace missing and abducted girls, an official said on Wednesday. “ Operation Muskan was carried out in January in which 2,444 missing and abducted girls were rescued from Madhya Pradesh and outside the state,” the official from the MP police headquarters here said. Those rescued included …

How this Delhi Police woman constable traced 76 missing children from several states
4 years, 1 month ago

How this Delhi Police woman constable traced 76 missing children from several states

India TV News  

A woman Head constable has become the first Delhi Police officer to get out-of-turn promotion for tracing missing children under the incentive scheme announced by Delhi Police commissioner S.N. Constable Seema Dhaka of Police Station Samay Pur Badli, has traced 76 missing children and 56 of them are below the age of 14 years. In order to motivate the police …

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