Maharashtra State Commission for Woman (MSCW) Chairperson Rupali Chakankar has asked the State Home Department to set up a panel to find out women missing from the State and submit a report every fortnight on its progress.
Between January 1 and March 31 this year, 3,594 women went missing and some of them were traced. It is a serious matter that women and girls were going missing from the State, Ms. Chakankar said on May 15.
She was speaking to reporters after a meeting with Special Inspector General of Police (Women and Child Crime Prevention) Deepak Pandey, State Home Department's Assistant Secretary Rahul Kulkarni, MSCW Deputy Chairperson Deepa Thakur and legal expert Virendra Neve.