New Delhi, July 31, 2023 (PPI-OT): Over 1.3 million girls and women went missing between 2019 and 2021 in India. Madhya Pradesh state reported the highest cases at nearly two lakhs, followed closely by another West Bengal state. The data, which was presented by the Indian Ministry of Home Ministry (MHA) last week in the Rajya Sabha, revealed that 10,61,648 women above 18 years and 2,51,430 girls went missing between 2019 and 2021 across India. The data was compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau. In Madhya Pradesh, 1, 60,180 women and 38,234 girls went missing between 2019 and 2021, according to the data.

A total of 1, 56,905 women and 36,606 girls went missing from West Bengal in the same period. In Maharashtra, 1, 78,400 women and 13,033 girls went missing during the period. In Odisha, 70,222 women and 16,649 girls went missing in the three years, while 49,116 women and 10,817 girls went missing from Chhattisgarh in the same period.

Delhi recorded the highest number such incidents, as 61,054 women and 22,919 girls were reported to be missing between 2019 and 2021. Meanwhile, the Indian report said that 8,617 women and 1,148 girls went missing in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir during 2019 to 2021.

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