New Delhi, April 25: The incidents of children going missing from the capital are showing an increasing trend this year with statistics showing that five minors disappear every day compared to three last year.
So far this year, a total of 541 children were either kidnapped or went missing from the capital. This month alone, 164 cases were registered while last month the figure was 166.
The latest case was that of one-and-half-year-old Ishaan, son of a businessman, who was allegedly kidnapped by the family’s domestic help Seema yesterday.
“Last year, an average of three such incidents were recorded on a single day. But this year, it has risen to five per day. Alarmingly, the number of girls are around 60 per cent in such cases,” a senior police official said.
-Agencies