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One in every five missing children in India from Bengal: CRY

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Published on May 27, 2016 with No Comments

One in every five missing children in India is from West Bengal, which reported 14,671 cases of missing children in 2014 or more than 21 per cent of the total cases reported in the country, said NGO CRY – Child Rights and You.
“Going by the data shared by the ministry of home affairs during the parliamentary session, West Bengal was among the four states which together accounted for more than 60 per cent of the missing children in the country.
“To be more accurate, the state reported 14,671 cases of missing children in 2014, which is more than 21 per cent of the total cases reported in India. In other words, one in every 5 missing children in india is from Bengal,” a CRY statement said.
Citing National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) data, the organization highlighted Bengal was among the top five states in the country in kidnapping and abduction (K&A) of children and accounts for six per cent of such cases in the country.
“Cases related to kidnapping and abduction of minors in the state has grown by 608 per cent over the last five years. Number of K&A cases in 2010 was 332 and over the last five years it rose to a whopping 2,351 in Bengal,” the statement said.
The organization also drew attention to the gender skewing among missing children, as revealed by the home ministry data.

 

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