The Home department must set up a committee to investigate the increasing incidents of missing Women inMaharashtra, said chairperson of the state commission for womenRupali Chakankar.
Since January 2022, the commission has been writi-ng to various agencies, including the national women’s commission, women and child welfare department and home department, about the missing women. Chakankar said the home department has been directed to submit a report on the progress made in tracing these women every fortnight to the commission. “There is a significant number of women in the 16-35 age group who have gone missing and there are now reports of trafficking too. Around 82 women from Pimpri-Chinchwad, who had gone abroad, have no contact with their families. Between January 1 and 31, around 3,594 women have gone missing,” she said.