75% of daughters missing in child kidnapping statistics in India
3.4 lakh children missing in India in 5 years
In India, the incident of child-lifting is coming to the fore for a long time. The cases of child theft are increasing in many states of the country. Different child lifting gangs are active in the states. There are also many viral videos on social media in which gang members abduct children. There are many such videos on social media. Apart from this, such videos are also available on social media in which innocent people are beaten to death badly many times on the charge of child lifting. However, increasing child theft cases every year is a matter of great concern. Looking at the news published in the media, it is known that gangs carry out incidents of child lifting in their own way. Many such cases have come to the fore in the country in which gang members steal children from hospitals and other public places. Women are also involved in child-lifting cases. Along with this, these days gangs of kidnapping school children are also active in the cities of India. This gang is committing the crime of child lifting in a special way. Gang members kidnap school children by luring them with toffees, biscuits, chocolates. In many cases, the gang members take school children with them in the name of helping them cross the road. Such incidents are continuously coming to the fore in the southern parts of the country. Similarly, many gang members take advantage of the helplessness of poor families. Such gangs are fully active in cities and villages. The gang members buy newborn babies by luring the poor families and sell the babies illegally to big families by taking a hefty amount. No legal procedure is followed in child trafficking.
A gang has been busted in Patiala, Punjab, which does the business of buying and selling newborn children. This gang has sold 6 newborn babies in the last 6 months. There are 4 newborn girls in it. The reason for this was revealed by the talk of the gang members. According to the gang, the price of a new born girl is more. The family buying the child believes that the girls do not leave the family even after getting information about adoption after attaining adulthood. On the other hand, if the boy comes to know about this somehow, then he starts troubling her. Due to these reasons, families prefer newborn girls more. Patiala Police has succeeded in arresting 7 accused of the gang including two women. Two new born children have also been recovered from the accused involved in buying and selling new born children. Along with this, a cash amount of Rs 4 lakh and Innova ambulance and two cars have also been recovered. The gang members who were caught in Patiala used to buy their children from poor people and then sell them to the needy for a huge amount. According to media reports, the gang has also confessed that they have so far bought and sold half a dozen children. Those people used to buy children from poor families by giving less money. After that, the children were sold illegally by taking huge amount from big families. According to the Patiala police, the gang members will be interrogated thoroughly after taking their remand from the court. Opinion is also being taken from legal experts in this matter so that the strictest action can be taken against such people.
According to the report of NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU, the statistics of missing girls are astonishing. It has been told in the report that in the areas of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, the highest number of girls have been among the missing children. Statistics are telling that 80% of young daughters have gone missing in different states of the country. This report is confirmed by the confession of the gang caught in Patiala. In which the gang members tell that the stolen newborn girls get a good price. Those who buy a new born girl child believe that the girl child does not leave even after knowing the truth. In the year 2021, cases of missing of 77,535 children were registered. The most surprising thing is that even during the Corona epidemic, 59,262 children went missing. The most surprising thing is that even during the Corona epidemic, 59,262 children went missing. Many cases in the country do not come to the fore due to one reason or the other. A four-day-old newborn baby was stolen by two women from a government hospital in Bathinda, Punjab. The police recovered the stolen newborn child two days later. Two women were also caught in this. But it is a fact that most of the cases do not get success. Such gangs sell the stolen children in other states as well and the children are sold for Rs one to eight lakh.
Similarly, the child theft gang was exposed from Mathura railway station. The revelations made in the case of this gang surprised everyone. When the gang was interrogated by the Government Railway Police of Mathura Railway Station, the gang members told that they had sold around 15 children. It is learned that the gang has been doing human trafficking for a long time. Country’s ruling party councilor Vinita Agarwal also bought a stolen child from this gang. After the matter came to light, the BJP high command showed the way out of the party to Vinita Agarwal, the corporator who bought the stolen child. The police have arrested eight accused, including the doctor couple of Hathras area involved in the gang, and sent them to jail. Because of this, the councilor of Firozabad was also sent to jail. It has also been learned from the media reports that some employees of the health department may also be involved in this gang. The Health Department is examining the records of the accused doctor couple caught in the case of human trafficking. Seeing the seriousness of the case, the police formed a special investigation team to expose the faces of other gang members. It is believed that more than 150 people may be involved in this gang.
According to the statistics of NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU, missing reports of more than 3.4 lakh children have been registered in different states of India within the last 5 years. More than 3.4 lakh cases were registered in the last 5 years, indicating that on an average 68,000 children went missing every year. This has become a matter of concern for the Government of India. Similarly, the cases of child theft are increasing year by year. According to the report, in the year 2017, 63,339 child theft reports were registered. Whereas in the year 2021 this figure increased to the missing report of 77,535 children. According to these statistics, in the year 2021, the maximum number of 11,607 children were stolen in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Whereas in West Bengal, 9,996 and in Tamil Nadu 6,399 children were stolen. Due to this, 5,772 children went missing in Delhi and 4,936 in Rajasthan. More than 50% of the cases have been registered in these states only. The report of the NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU also revealed that maximum 75% of the daughters have gone missing in these cases. Apart from this, the statistics of child theft cases show that in Orissa (84.86%), Chhattisgarh (87.4%), West Bengal (84.81%), Bihar (84.53%), Punjab (84.31%), Rajasthan (83.73%) Himachal Pradesh (81.25%), Madhya Pradesh (81.5%) and Andhra Pradesh (80.3%) are the states with the highest percentage of female child disappearances, more than 80%.
There are many gangs of child lifters in India, in which women are the masterminds. Such cases keep coming up in the media as well. Police caught the mastermind woman who bought and sold children in Alwar. The Rajasthani network of this woman also came to the fore in the police investigation. This gang used to do the illegal business of stealing children and buying them from poor people and selling them to rich people. The mastermind woman and her accomplice of the gang who buy and sell these children in Alwar have been arrested. According to media reports, a 7-month-old girl was also freed from the woman’s companion. It was also revealed in the police investigation that this girl was bought for Rs 1 lakh in the month of November. The gang was trying to sell it. But no suitable buyer was found. It is also very important for people to be aware of the law to prevent child lifting in the country. Child-lifting is usually one of the reasons for mob lynching. The mob surrounds the child thief and he is brutally thrashed to death. The general public should know that theft of goods and theft of children are two different types of crimes. The one who steals children gets only life imprisonment. Instead of beating the child thief, people should catch him and hand him over to the police.
Definition of section 310 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860:-
Whoever, in association with other persons, does the following:-
- Will loot and kill any passengers on the way.
- Looting by entering houses and killing.
- Stealing children etc.
