A 12-year-old girl, reported missing in Budgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, was found murdered near her home, prompting a police investigation and widespread condemnation.
An eight-year-old girl, missing since March 24th, was found dead inside a flour container in a rented room in Agra. Police are searching for the tenant, who is the primary suspect.
A 12-year-old girl who had been missing for two days was found dead in Odisha's Angul district. Police are investigating the cause of death.
An 11-year-old girl was found dead in a wheat field in Kanpur, India, with signs of sexual assault, leading to a police investigation and the detention of a neighbour.
The body of an unidentified girl, believed to be around 18-20 years old and dressed in a school uniform, was found in a field near the Delhi-Lucknow highway in Bareilly. Police suspect murder and have launched an investigation.
A seven-year-old girl, missing since April 4th, was found dead near a relief camp in Imphal West district, Manipur. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding her death and have detained a man for questioning.
A 14-year-old girl, missing for a month, has been found in Gurugram. Police have arrested an individual from Rajasthan and charged him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
A five-year-old girl was found murdered in her neighbour's house in Jaipur, hours after she went missing. Police have detained a woman, who is suspected of killing the child out of revenge following a dispute with the girl's mother.
A 14-year-old girl, missing for a month, has been found in Gurugram. Police have arrested a 19-year-old man from Rajasthan and charged him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The bodies of a man and a minor girl, believed to be cousins, were discovered hanging from a tree in a sugarcane field in Hardoi district, Uttar Pradesh, prompting a police investigation into a suspected suicide.
The Jharkhand High Court has summoned top police officials and forensic experts to address concerns about the investigation into a missing girl case, particularly regarding the identification of a recovered skeleton.
The bodies of a young man and a minor girl were found hanging from a tree in Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh, after a complaint was filed alleging the man had lured the girl away.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced that over 91,000 missing girls have been traced and reunited with their families in the state over the past 13 years. Improvements in tracking mechanisms, police response, and criminal justice reforms have contributed to this success.
An eight-year-old girl was found dead in Vyohra village in Prayagraj. Police have arrested relatives in connection with the case and are investigating the motive behind the murder.
Mumbra police in Thane successfully traced a missing seven-year-old girl using extensive CCTV footage across railway networks. The girl was found safe in Badlapur and revealed she ran away from home due to alleged ill-treatment and excessive chores, adding a complex dimension to the case.
The body of an eight-year-old girl, who went missing from outside her house in Agra, was found inside a flour drum in a tenant's room. Police are searching for the absconding tenant, who is the primary suspect in the case.
The body of a six-year-old girl was discovered in a eucalyptus grove on the outskirts of Bengaluru. Police are investigating the possibility of abduction, strangulation, and sexual assault.
Body parts, suspected to be those of a missing 18-month-old girl, were discovered in an open drain in Ranchi during a search operation. Forensic analysis and DNA testing are underway to confirm the identity of the remains as the search continues.
Police in Meerut have located a 17-year-old girl who was reported missing from the Kharkhauda area. Eight individuals have been detained in connection with her disappearance, according to authorities.
The bodies of a missing girl and boy were recovered near a waterbody in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district, prompting a police investigation.
A 16-year-old school girl, missing since Friday evening, was found dead in a Jaipur apartment building. Her family alleges she was kidnapped and murdered, demanding a thorough investigation, while police are probing both suicide and murder angles.
Sirmaur police have formed a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate the deaths of two girls whose bodies were found in the Yamuna river.
Delhi Police have rescued a 13-year-old girl who went missing from outer Delhi in January after she left home with a boy she had befriended on social media.
A 17-year-old girl who went missing on April 2nd in Jhansi, India, was found dead in a well under suspicious circumstances. Police are investigating the case and have detained individuals for questioning.
A man and a girl, reported missing two weeks prior, were discovered dead in an abandoned house in Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding their deaths, including the possibility of suicide.
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data for 2024 reveals that thousands of people were reported missing in Delhi, with a significant number remaining untraced by the end of the year.
A 10-month-old girl was allegedly kidnapped from a house in Mukundpur, Delhi, after her father left to buy milk, prompting a police investigation and local concern.
Mexico counts more than 135,000 missing people, a figure that has surged since 2006 when then-President Felipe Calderon launched a war against the country's drug cartels.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah visited the family of a 12-year-old girl murdered in Budgam, offering condolences after police arrested a neighbour for the crime.
A 14-year-old girl has gone missing in the Beed district of Maharashtra, leading police to launch a kidnapping investigation. Separately, a 19-year-old woman missing since February 28 was found to have married.
Two young sisters, aged eight and five, died of suffocation after accidentally getting locked inside a car while playing in a village in Alwar, Rajasthan.
The mutilated bodies of a 17-year-old girl and a 25-year-old man were discovered along a railway track in Hathras. Police identified the deceased and are investigating the circumstances, including a missing person complaint filed by the girl's mother.
Jharkhand State Minority Commission Chairman Hedayatullah Khan has voiced serious concerns over a surge in crimes against minority community members across the state, including the recent discovery of two minor siblings' bodies in Hazaribag and the disappearance of a three-year-old girl in Jamshedpur. Khan criticised the administration's handling of these cases, citing police negligence in registering an FIR for the missing girl, and demanded impartial investigations and accountability from senior police officials.
A young couple, suspected to be in a relationship, were found dead in a village in Chhattisgarh, India, in a suspected suicide pact.
The body of 19-year-old Sneha Debnath, a Delhi University student missing for six days, was retrieved from the Yamuna River near Geeta Colony flyover on Sunday evening, police said.
Earlier, the UP Women and Child Welfare Minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi admitted there had been laxity at the district level in not shutting down the Deoria shelter even after a closure order last year.
A 23-year-old man in Punjab has been arrested for allegedly strangling his live-in partner's 16-year-old daughter, stuffing her body into a suitcase, and setting it on fire in a forested area. The teen reportedly opposed her mother's relationship with the accused, Gurvinder, who was caught after CCTV footage showed him with the suitcase.
A special POCSO court in Nuh has sentenced Abbas to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 17,000 for the kidnapping and murder of a seven-year-old girl. The case involved the abduction of the girl from outside her home, a missing person's complaint, and the subsequent discovery of her body after the accused's arrest.
The body of a 17-year-old girl, missing for two days, was found in a secluded area of Giridih district, Jharkhand. Police have launched an investigation to determine the cause of death.
Skeletal remains, believed to be those of an 18-year-old girl who went missing in December after a family argument, have been discovered near a canal in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh. Police are investigating the case.
