DNA: Mumbai: Wednesday, May 11,
2016.
The number of
missing persons who have not been traced yet has been growing steadily for the
last three years, despite the fact that the number of missing complaints in the
same period has actually reduced.
The
information was made available under the Right To Information (RTI) Act to
applicant Chetan Kothari. In his application, Kothari had sought the details of
the age group of both missing males and females, those who have been traced,
those who continue to be missing and those who were found dead.
The
information revealed that over 50% of those missing were in the age group of
0-25 years in the last three years. Except in the first three months of 2016,
when the number of this category of missing dropped.
As per the
2013 figures, 12,557 went missing and 708 were yet to be traced. In 2014, 1,124
of the total 10,916 could not be traced. In 2015, 1,153 out of 10,313 missing
persons could not be traced. The first three months of 2016 saw 2,540 missing
complaints, of whom 814 were yet to be traced.
The number of
those found dead saw a drop before jumping up again. As per the figures, 47
were found dead in 2013, which fell to 34 in 2014 and again jumped up to 45 in
2015. The first three months of 2016 saw six deaths in all. Deaths among men
were more common as compared to women.
However, the
10-25 years of age, which is when most people went missing, more women figures in
the list. In 2013, those who went missing in the age group of 0-25 years stood
at 63.06% of the total. The figure dropped to 58.71% in 2014, and went further
down to 53.80% in 2015. In the first three months of 2016, it stood at 47.67%
of the total missing complaints lodged.
As the age
increased, the number of men going missing went up by nearly twice as compared
to women. dna tried contacting the police commissioner but he was not available
for comments.
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