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- Delhi reported 807 missing persons in the first 15 days of January 2026, with women and girls making up nearly two-thirds of the cases.
- However, the annual data shows the city averaged over 2,000 missing persons a month in 2025.
- Minors, particularly teenage girls, remain a major concern, with 191 children reported missing in January 2026.
Swati B., a 38-year-old corporate professional based in Gurugram, came across a series of social media posts about people going missing in Delhi. As she scrolled, the same messages appeared repeatedly, triggering anxiety about the safety of her parents and other family members living in the capital city.
“I called them up immediately. The fear got to my head, I couldn’t think about anything else,” she said.
As many as 807 people were reported missing in Delhi in the first 15 days of 2026, with women and girls accounting for nearly two-thirds of the cases, according to official Delhi Police data.
Between January 1 and 15, the cases averaged to about 54 cases a day. Of those reported missing, 509 were women and girls, while 298 were men.
So far, police have traced 235 individuals, but 572 people remain untraced, leaving hundreds of families anxiously awaiting news of their loved ones.
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BY Outlook News Desk |
