During the last five years more than 26,000 girls and women went missing from Mumbai alone, out of which 24,444 were found and 2,264 are yet to be traced, revealed the Maharashtra government data. The data was produced by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in a written reply while replying to a query by Congress MLAs in the Legislative Assembly. The monsoon session of the state legislature is currently underway in Nagpur, the second capital of Maharashtra.

"(A total of) 26,708 women, including 5056 minor girls, had gone missing from 2013-17, out of which 24,444 were found. However, 2,264 of them are yet to be traced," stated Fadnavis, who also holds the Home portfolio. Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and other Congress leaders had sought to know the number of missing women and girls. Fadnavis said 4758 of 5056 girls who had gone missing had been found.