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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Large number of children go missing every year

Large number of children go missing every year

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published Published on Jul 30, 2011   modified Modified on Jul 30, 2011

-The Hindu

 

NCRB's 2009 report puts number of those abducted at 8,945

RTIs filed by an NGO in 2009 show an average of 60,000 children are reported missing annually in the country. However, the National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) annual report on Crime in India (2009) puts the number of abducted children at 8,945. Time lapse, insufficient information database and an ineffective tracking system minimises the missing children's chances of coming back home.

Evidence collected by CRY— Child Rights and You — and its partner organisations points to the enormity of the problem. At a public hearing in Delhi here on Friday, families from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, whose children went missing, then were recovered or found dead, provided a first hand account of ‘what they did when their child went missing.'

According to the Zonal Integrated Police Network, the number of missing children from all 10 districts of Delhi stands at 468, of which 380 are registered as FIRs, 88 are Daily Diary entries, whereas the number extracted through the RTIs from just 8 districts for the period between January 1 and April 30, 2011 stands at 1,260, of which 835 are FIRs, 403 are DD entries.

Details of 22 children and the police station-wise distribution from the north district could not be found, highlighting the problem of proper documentation. Two districts, south-west and east, did not provide the information.

In Uttar Pradesh, as a result of the PIL petition filed in January 2008, the State government on February 6, 2008 finished compiling the number of missing children in 2006, and as many as 3,649 children were found missing.

Responses to the RTIs from the Bureau of Crime Records of Madhya Pradesh from 2003-2009 reveal an alarming 57,253 missing children, of which 28,779 were girls and 28,474 boys, between ages 0-18. Ten per cent of these children are still missing —which could mean either killed or trafficked. Official data states 700 children go missing annually from the State, while RTIs from just 6 districts (Mandala, Balaghat, Shiwni, Dindori, Chhindwara and Katni) reveals a much higher number — 796 boys and 887 girls (total: 1,683) in 2007 and 2008.

CRY along with its partners, is working to make sure that the shockingly large number of missing children does not remain an appalling secret. According to a study of the socio-economic profile of the areas, children living in slums, unauthorised and resettlement colonies are the most vulnerable to trafficking, running away or getting lost.

Recommending a proper child tracking system, a common missing children's database be maintained for quick recovery of the child, and a better understanding of the trends/patterns for coming up with preventive and responsive strategies, CRY said missing children cases should be reported as an FIR, as it would force the police to put the case before a court.

A common database should be established to make tracking missing children simpler, faster across districts and States, and special care and protection for rescued children should be provided to ensure their rights are protected.


The Hindu, 30 July, 2011, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2306988.ece


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