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West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu Reported Maximum Child Missing Incidents In 2023: NCRB

Traffickers often exploit the vulnerabilities of people by making false job promises, offering better living conditions and support to their families, etc., states the report.

New Delhi: The recently released data by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows that West Bengal registered the maximum number of missing children below 18 years in 2023, followed by Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, contributing to a 9.5% rise nationally. A total of 91,296 children, including 22,460 males, 68,835 females and 1 transgender, were reported missing in 2023 from across the country, against 83,350 in 2022.

The data reflects that as many as 14,667 children went missing in We

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