NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported increasing number of missing people and the poor record in tracing them

India, March 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that of the 12,000 to 14,000 missing person cases registered every year in Bihar since 2013, many of which are children, barely two-thirds of the missing children were recovered. Reportedly, the data of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) suggests that maximum cases of human trafficking have been registered in Odisha, Bihar, Telangana and Maharashtra. Odisha tops the list of maximum number of minor boys trafficking cases followed by Bihar. Reportedly, in trafficking of minor girls, Rajasthan has registered maximum cases. According to the media report, carried on 9th March 2026,...