'300 go missing every month in Haryana'

CHANDIGARH: Data compiled by the State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB) of Haryana has revealed that around 300 persons (men, women and kids together) go missing every month from the state, and most number of cases are reported from the national capital region (NCR). The data also revealed that bodies of around 250 unidentified persons are recovered from across the state every month.

According to SCRB, 60% of missing reports or unidentified people come from NCR areas of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Sonipat, Mewat and Rohtak. SCRB is now setting up a centralized control room with an updated data on missing persons at the police training complex in Madhuban. The centre will be linked to all the police stations across the state to provide information and assistance on missing person. The centre will be operational by September 1.

According to figures released by SCRB, the number of persons missing in the state between 2008 to August 1, 2012 has reached 11,073. While the number of unidentified bodies cremated by police in the same period has touched the figure of 5,040.

SCRB director Layak Ram Dabas admitted that inadequate infrastructure in police stations and police posts across the state was to be blamed for failure in tracking down missing persons. Dabas also claimed that lack of coordination among states too was responsible for increase in unsolved missing persons' cases.

"There had been cases where families fail to inform police when persons whose missing report is filed returned home. Sometimes it turns out to be a case of runaway couples or kidnapping for ransom,'' Dabas said.

About 40% of those who go missing are minors while the number of adult males going missing is also the same. Rest 20% are adult females. About 250 bodies of unidentified persons are found every month and only around 50 such bodies are identified, while the rest are cremated as unidentified.

Monday 20 August 2012

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