Kidnappings of minors in the city are 15 times higher than the number of cases recorded before 2013, a Right To Information (RTI) query highlighted in this paper has revealed. Between 2013 and now, 256 boys and 298 girls have gone missing, suspected to have been abducted.

Data shows there has been a significant rise in the kidnappings of girls, the detection rate of kidnapped boys was is also higher as compared to that of girls. We have to factor in that all missing cases of minors are registered as kidnapping. Minors running away from home, with the number being higher in the 12 to 18 age group, also fall in this category. The report included a silver lining, that a higher number of children are traced, more than 90 per cent are eventually found.