Friday, December 31, 2010

Each day, 8 children go missing in Delhi...

About eight children go missing every day in the city, according to an RTI reply by Delhi Police. Across the city, over 2161 children had gone missing within a span of 270 days this year. Of them, 603 are yet to be traced.

The chilling story was disclosed by the Alliance for Peoples' Rights, an NGO, after analyzing the consolidated figures of children who went missing between January and September this year. "We had filed an application under the RTI Act on October 8 seeking information on missing children across 12 police districts in Delhi. Only seven districts – North, South, Outer, Northwest, New Delhi, East and Southwest – had replied. A notable exception came from the southeast district which did not give the figures even though Sangam Vihar area under it has traditionally been one of the most vulnerable areas," said Reena Banerjee from NGO Nav Sristi. More...

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