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Taking enactment that 10,796 persons, who went missing betwixt 2020-2025, are yet to beryllium traced, the High Court of Karnataka has directed the State authorities to springiness a study connected effectual implementation of a Standard Operation Procedure (SOP), evolved based connected court’s directions, for registration, enquiry and probe of complaints of missing persons.
Justice Suraj Govindaraj issued the directions portion disposing of a petition filed by a 65-year-old antheral complaining the 2024 enactment of the constabulary successful classifying arsenic ‘dormant’ the First Information Report (FIR) registered successful 2020 based connected his ailment astir his missing cousin.
During the proceeding of the petition, the tribunal had sought information of complaints of missing persons, including children up to the property of 17 from 2020-2025. Besides submitting the information of missing persons, the Police Department besides submitted a SOP, which was evolved compiling respective circulars issued since 2007 connected handling complaints of missing persons, pursuing a absorption issued successful this respect by a Division Bench of the tribunal successful September 2025.
More girls untraced
From the data, the tribunal noted that much fig of girls successful the property radical of 13 to 17 went missing, peculiarly successful 2025, and much fig of these girls remained missing erstwhile compared to untraced boys successful this property group.
As per the data, retired of 1,26,508 persons reported missing betwixt 2020-25, 10,796 radical stay untraced.
Of the full 71,699 women reported missing, 2,981 remained untraced and of the full 38,073 missing men, 6,470 remained untraced during this period. Among the children, 16,736 (4,864 boys and 11,872 girls) reported missing and 1,345 (386 boys and 959 girls) remained untraced.
The information besides reveals that teen girls (13 to 17 years) relationship for the highest fig among the missing children, with 3,769 went missing during this period. Also, the information discloses that the hint rates crashed considerably successful 2025 with hint complaint of men.
Report to beryllium filed
The tribunal has present specifically asked the State authorities to record a study connected constitution of territory missing persons units, quarterly reappraisal study of supervisory committees, and integer portal for tracking of missing persons, sharing of accusation with the constabulary of different States, and the fig of missing persons cases presently nether investigation, including the fig of cases classified arsenic active, dormant oregon traced.
