Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis informed the state legislative assembly on Tuesday, February 24, that a total of 93,940 women went missing in the state in two years between 2024 and 2025. Of these, 67,458, or 72%, were found, according to The Times of India, as per figures given by the CM in the assembly house.
According to the report, 23,429 minor girls were also reported missing in 2024 and 2025, of which 18,769 or 80.01% were traced. The data was provided by Fadnavis, who also holds the post of the home minister of the state. The data shows that the number of women reported missing rose by 2,616 from 45,662 in 2024 to 48,278 in 2025.
The number of minor girls reported missing rose by 797 during the same period as mentioned above, with the numbers increasing from 11,316 to 12,113. CM Fadnavis provided figures on missing boys and girls within the police headquarters of Mumbai. Fadnavis stated that 4,515 children were reported missing in 2024-25, of which 4,455, or 98.6%, were found.
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Significantly, the number of girls reported missing was almost twice as high as boys. In 2024-25, 1,435 boys and 3,080 girls were reported missing. Of these, 1,409 boys and 3,046 girls were found. In the Navi Mumbai police headquarters area, 323 boys were reported missing in 2024 and 2025. Of these, 313 were found, the data showed.
651 girls were reported missing in these two years, 627 were found, as per the data. It also showed that 4,989 adolescents, aged between 15 and 18 years, were reported missing in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Raigad, Nagpur city and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in 2024 and 2025. Of these, 4,813 or more than 95% were found.