Half of missing people in Mumbai between 16 to 25 years of age: RTI

Mumbai | Tuesday | 22nd May, 2018

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(File Photo)Nearly half of the people reported missing in Mumbai every year are in the age group of 16 to 25 years, the Mumbai Police has said in reply to an RTI query. The number of missing people also went up every year,with 10,916 reported missing in 2014, 10,313 in 2015 and 11,369 in 2016, the reply said. A total of 32,598 people were reported missing from Mumbai in 2014, 2015 and 2016, while 27,565 of them were later found, the police said. This is a very sensitive age group where people take decisions emotionally,” he said. The data further showed that the number of females reported missing in these three years (16,533) was slightly more than males (16,065)..