Mumbai has recently reported a major surge in female missing cases. In just 36 days, i.e. from November 1 to December 6, Mumbai Police reported a massive 82 people missing, of which 60 were female.
The areas including Kurar Village, Vakola, Powai, Malwani, and Sakinaka emerged as hotspots as multiple cases were reported from these locations, as per Mid Day.
Citing the Maharashtra police report, between June to December this year, Mumbai witnessed 134 cases of missing children.
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Among the total missing cases, 18-year-olds formed a large share of the missing, of which 41 were girls and 13 boys.
The list also reported that much younger girls, as young as five, were also reported missing, while boys aged 11 saw the most missing cases.
Police officials clarified that the available data may not capture the full scale of the issue, as several cases remain unreported due to parental fear, social stigma and other sensitivities around missing children.
In a latest incident, police recovered the body of an eight-year-old boy from a building’s water tank in the Taki Pada area of Nalasopara on Monday, December 8, sending shockwaves through the locality. The child, Mehtaj Mustafa Shaikh, a resident of Kararibad, Khadija Building in Nalasopara (West), had been missing since December 3. According to police, Mehtaj had stepped out of his home around 1 pm without informing his parents.
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