Director-General of Police K.V. Rajendranath Reddy brushed aside the talk by a section of politicians that 30,000 women have gone missing in Andhra Pradesh and appealed to them to check the facts.
Addressing the media after a crime review meeting with the officials of Kadapa and Annamayya districts here on July 27 (Thursday), he said that the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data showed 26,000 women had gone missing in the State, of whom 23,400 have been traced and reunited with their families. As many as 1,549 cases reported before 2019 gets carry forward every year, thus showing an inflated figure of 4,000 in addition,” explained the DGP.
