GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

314
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6th AUGUST, 2013/SRAVANA 15, 1935 (SAKA)

MISSING CHILDREN 314. SHRIMATI ASHWAMEDH DEVI: SHRI BHUDEO CHOUDHARY: SHRI R. THAMARAISELVAN: Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state: (a) whether cases of missing/kidnapping of children are on the rise in the country; (b) if so, the details thereof including the total number of such cases reported, children traced/untraced, gender-wise, kidnappers/touts arrested, children handed over to their family and gangs busted along with the action taken against them during 2012 and 2013 and as on date, State/UT-wise including the National Capital Territory of Delhi; and (c) the details of advisories issued by the Government to the States and Police Departments in this regard and the other corrective steps taken by the Government to address the issue? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI R.P.N.SINGH) (a) to (c): The data regarding missing, traced/untraced gender-wise Children and total number of cases registered / chargesheeted / convicted, persons arrested / chargesheeted / convicted under kidnapping and abduction is attached at Annexure A, Annexure B and Annexure C respectively. Government has issued a detailed Advisory on missing children and steps to be taken for tracing the children on 31st January, 2012. It includes various directions to States / UTs like computerization of records, involvement of NGOs and other organizations, community awareness programmes etc. A comprehensive pro-forma has been circulated to all States/UTs to facilitate better data collection on missing and found children. Ministry of Home Affairs has also circulated an advisory on Honble Supreme Courts direction to file FIR in case of missing children dated 25th June, 2013 The Ministry of Women and Child Development in consultation with Ministry of Home Affairs is implementing a National Portal for tracking of missing and found children. *****

Annexure A (page 1 / 2)

INFORMATION ON MISSING/TRACED/UNTRACED CHILDREN FOR THE YEAR 2012 (As per data received till 31.07.2013) NO. OF MISSING CHILDREN 4 12 15 1769 3079 32 64 772 1437 833 633 62 94 1225 2627 4 2 5 4 2356 2561 108 161 1375 TOTAL UNTRACED (4-5) 6 7 27 FEMALE MALE 2 ANDHRA PRADESH FEMALE MALE 3 ARUNACHAL PRADESH FEMALE MALE 4 ASSAM FEMALE MALE 5 BIHAR FEMALE MALE 6 CHANDIGARH FEMALE MALE 7 CHHATTISGARH FEMALE MALE 8 D&N HAVELI FEMALE MALE 9 DAMAN & DIU FEMALE MALE 10 DELHI FEMALE MALE 11 GOA FEMALE 12 GUJARAT MALE 131 1242 30 133 3798 3350 448 1315 90 1246 18 269 221 48 4 1228 0 1128 4917 2543 2374 2 4 0 1 9 8 1 1840 4 787 0 6 6 0 35 988 59 237 3852 2828 1024 150 30 483 32 156 65 91 648 160 789 673 1466 310 1156 18 330 46 442 2209 978 1231 1580 10 1499 22 96 28 68 7 888 8 881 4848 2468 2380 12 15 Statewise Total Missing (M+F) 7 Statewise Total Traced (M+F) 8 Statewise Total Un-Traced (M+F) 9

Sno

STATE

SEX

TOTAL TRACED

3 MALE

5 5

A&N ISLANDS

INFORMATION ON MISSING/TRACED/UNTRACED CHILDREN FOR THE YEAR 2012 (As per data received till 31.07.2013) NO. OF MISSING CHILDREN 4 2423 722 489 178 196 239 222 298 675 473 617 391 777 0 0 0 0 6296 9147 63 70 38 49 1 12 TOTAL UNTRACED (4-5) 6 315 320 1211 FEMALE MALE 14 HIMACHAL PRADESH FEMALE MALE 15 JAMMU & KASHMIR FEMALE MALE 16 JHARKHAND FEMALE MALE 17 KARNATAKA FEMALE MALE 18 KERALA FEMALE MALE 19 LAKSHADWEEP FEMALE MALE 20 MADHYA PRADESH FEMALE MALE 21 MAHARASHTRA FEMALE MALE 22 MANIPUR FEMALE MALE 23 MEGHALAYA FEMALE MALE 24 MIZORAM FEMALE 10 2 30 1 19 0 13 11 2 54 31 16 7 87 61 26 6676 44 2471 19 133 98 35 0 4665 0 1631 15443 11341 4102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 467 0 310 0 0 0 0 233 239 384 152 1168 706 462 320 194 355 279 1090 427 663 87 171 135 127 973 491 482 98 110 98 129 461 197 264 269 114 220 64 374 212 162 671 540 Statewise Total Missing (M+F) 7 Statewise Total Traced (M+F) 8 Statewise Total Un-Traced (M+F) 9

Sno

STATE

SEX

TOTAL TRACED

3 FEMALE MALE

5 2108 402

13

HARYANA

INFORMATION ON MISSING/TRACED/UNTRACED CHILDREN FOR THE YEAR 2012 (As per data received till 31.07.2013) NO. OF MISSING CHILDREN 4 78 92 1076 2907 20 30 407 329 1423 2470 146 132 1095 2117 144 423 2317 1540 428 302 1316 3640 25702 39336 65038 TOTAL UNTRACED (4-5) 6 60 170 FEMALE MALE 26 ORISSA FEMALE MALE 27 PUDUCHERRY FEMALE MALE 28 PUNJAB FEMALE MALE 29 RAJASTHAN FEMALE MALE 30 SIKKIM FEMALE MALE 31 TAMILNADU FEMALE MALE 32 TRIPURA FEMALE MALE 33 UTTAR PRADESH FEMALE MALE 34 UTTARAKHAND FEMALE MALE 35 WEST BENGAL FEMALE Total for Boys(M) Total for Girls (F) Grand Total (M+F) 1281 15428 22714 38142 2359 10274 16622 26896 65038 38142 26896 113 570 189 746 4956 1851 3105 895 190 645 238 730 303 427 68 1410 355 907 3857 2305 1552 1442 37 675 107 567 105 462 70 578 62 517 3212 2020 1192 2140 96 330 50 278 166 112 60 1150 269 273 3893 3290 603 22 118 8 289 736 178 558 499 12 2408 8 50 34 16 42 299 50 777 3983 798 3185 60 110 Statewise Total Missing (M+F) 7 Statewise Total Traced (M+F) 8 Statewise Total Un-Traced (M+F) 9

Sno

STATE

SEX

TOTAL TRACED

3 MALE

5 18

25

NAGALAND

Annexure B ( Page 1 / 2) INFORMATION ON MISSING/TRACED/UNTRACED CHILDREN FOR THE YEAR 2013 (As per data received till 31.07.2013)
NO. OF MISSING CHILDREN 4 8 11 983 1894 9 8 173 323 195 131 15 25 478 1185 1 0 0 0 1238 1649 18 44 0 0 TOTAL TRACED TOTAL UNTRACED (4-5) 6 3 2 556 1010 8 7 97 217 113 83 11 22 184 546 0 0 0 0 864 1191 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 62 42 20 2887 832 2055 0 0 0 1 1 0 1663 933 730 40 7 33 326 130 196 496 182 314 17 2 15 2877 1311 1566 Statewise Total Missing (M+F) 7 19 Statewise Total Traced (M+F) 8 14 Statewise Total Un-Traced (M+F) 9 5

S.No

STATE

SEX

3 MALE

5 5 9 427 884 1 1 76 106 82 48 4 3 294 639 1 0 0 0 374 458 15 27 0 0

A&N ISLANDS FEMALE MALE

ANDHRA PRADESH FEMALE MALE

ARUNACHAL PRADESH FEMALE MALE

ASSAM FEMALE MALE

BIHAR FEMALE MALE

CHANDIGARH FEMALE MALE

CHHATTISGARH FEMALE MALE

D&N HAVELI FEMALE MALE

DAMAN & DIU FEMALE MALE

10

DELHI FEMALE MALE

11

GOA FEMALE MALE

12

GUJARAT FEMALE

INFORMATION ON MISSING/TRACED/UNTRACED CHILDREN FOR THE YEAR 2013 (As per data received till 31.07.2013)
NO. OF MISSING CHILDREN 123 109 58 69 44 39 0 0 0 0 172 407 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 27 29 TOTAL TRACED TOTAL UNTRACED (4-5) 64 52 23 33 19 24 0 0 0 0 71 168 0 0 0 0 0 0 -6 0 0 0 0 0 23 20 56 13 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 31 -6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 579 340 239 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 40 43 127 71 56 Statewise Total Missing (M+F) 232 Statewise Total Traced (M+F) 116 Statewise Total Un-Traced (M+F) 116

S.No

STATE

SEX

MALE 13 HARYANA FEMALE MALE 14 HIMACHAL PRADESH FEMALE MALE 15 JAMMU & KASHMIR FEMALE MALE 16 JHARKHAND FEMALE MALE 17 KARNATAKA FEMALE MALE 18 KERALA FEMALE MALE 19 LAKSHADWEEP FEMALE MALE 20 MADHYA PRADESH FEMALE MALE 21 MAHARASHTRA FEMALE MALE 22 MANIPUR FEMALE MALE 23 MEGHALAYA FEMALE MALE 24 MIZORAM FEMALE MALE 25 NAGALAND FEMALE

59 57 35 36 25 15 0 0 0 0 101 239 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 10 0 0 0 0 4 9

INFORMATION ON MISSING/TRACED/UNTRACED CHILDREN FOR THE YEAR 2013 (As per data received till 31.07.2013)
NO. OF MISSING CHILDREN 369 1160 8 11 140 87 456 692 32 51 611 1684 63 190 0 0 53 33 0 0 5289 9841 15130 TOTAL TRACED TOTAL UNTRACED (4-5) 254 918 -1 2 116 71 231 355 25 21 474 706 54 172 0 0 18 20 0 0 3204 5657 8861 15130 6269 8861 0 0 0 86 48 38 0 0 0 253 27 226 2295 1115 1180 83 37 46 1148 562 586 227 40 187 19 18 1 Statewise Total Missing (M+F) 1529 Statewise Total Traced (M+F) 357 Statewise Total Un-Traced (M+F) 1172

S.No

STATE

SEX

MALE 26 ORISSA FEMALE MALE 27 PUDUCHERRY FEMALE MALE 28 PUNJAB FEMALE MALE 29 RAJASTHAN FEMALE MALE 30 SIKKIM FEMALE MALE 31 TAMILNADU FEMALE MALE 32 TRIPURA FEMALE MALE 33 UTTAR PRADESH FEMALE MALE 34 UTTARAKHAND FEMALE MALE 35 WEST BENGAL FEMALE Total for Boys(M) Total for Girls (F) Grand Total (M+F)

115 242 9 9 24 16 225 337 7 30 137 978 9 18 0 0 35 13 0 0 2085 4184 6269