Maharashtra has recorded the highest cases in the country under the crime against children category as 3,401 girls, between the age of 12 and 16, were kidnapped and abducted in the State in 2021, reveals the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
A total of 67,245 cases of kidnapping and abduction of children in India were registered, of which Maharashtra has topped the list with 9,555 cases, followed by Madhya Pradesh (9,137) and Uttar Pradesh (6,814).
The report mentions that 114 children - boys (66) and girls (48) - below the age of six were kidnapped and abducted in 2021. 548 children - boys (301) and girls (247) - between the age group of six and 12; 827 boys and 3,401 girls between the age group of 12 and 16; and 736 boys and 4,222 girls between the age group of 16 and 18 were kidnapped and abducted, reveals the report. It also says that 11 senior citizens were kidnapped and abducted.
