At least two children go missing every day in India's Tamil Nadu state, raising concerns they may be trafficked into prostitution, handed over to criminal gangs or sold for illegal adoption, the national human rights commission said.
Alarmed by the disappearance of 271 children in Tamil Nadu in the first three months of 2016, the commission asked state authorities this week to account for the situation.
"The mafia that controls begging and even those involved in child prostitution and adoption rackets could be behind these disappearances," the commission said in a statement.
The Indian authorities say 2,711 children have disappeared in the southern state of Tamil Nadu in the past 15 months. However, comparative figures were not immediately available.
In the past month alone, two infants were taken from their families in the port city of Chennai as they slept on the streets next to their homeless parents. Full story...
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Alarmed by the disappearance of 271 children in Tamil Nadu in the first three months of 2016, the commission asked state authorities this week to account for the situation.
"The mafia that controls begging and even those involved in child prostitution and adoption rackets could be behind these disappearances," the commission said in a statement.
The Indian authorities say 2,711 children have disappeared in the southern state of Tamil Nadu in the past 15 months. However, comparative figures were not immediately available.
In the past month alone, two infants were taken from their families in the port city of Chennai as they slept on the streets next to their homeless parents. Full story...
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