A total of 6,765 children below the age of 18 years have died due to unnatural causes in Karnataka during four years between 2019 and 2022, according to data made available by the State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB).
The SCRB, earlier this month, shared the disturbing statistics in response to a Right to Information (RTI) query from Odanadi Seva Samsthe in Mysuru that sought district-wise information on the unnatural deaths of children in the State including mother-child deaths, death due to fall into ponds in agricultural fields and suicides.
While 1,574 children and 1,534 children had died due to unnatural causes during 2019 and 2020 respectively, the number went up to 1,728 in 2021 before surging to 1,929 in during 2022.
