Monday, January 21, 2013

22 women go missing in India's Karnataka everyday...

At least 22 women and girls go missing every day in Karnataka. Since 2009, 22,410 girls and women have gone missing in the state and 99% of them remain untraced.

The number of missing women and girls seems to be increasing by the year as per the combined data collected by the Karnataka police and the women and child welfare department.

In 2009, 6,756 women went missing; and in 2010, the figures went up to 7,576. Alarmingly, the number of missing women and girls in 2012 went up significantly to 8,084 with over 70% of them girls, according to statistics.More...


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