A worrying statistic revealed by the Maharashtra State Women’s Commission is that the maximum number of missing women cases in the state between January and March have been reported from Mumbai. On Monday, the chairperson of the Maharashtra State Women’s Commission (SWC) raised an alarm over both, the growing number of missing women in the state and the absence of a structure to handle these cases.

According to Maharashtra Police data presented by SWC Chairperson Rupali Chakankar at a press conference, a total of 3,594 girls/women in the age group of 16 -35 years went missing from across the state between January 1 and March 31, 2023. The district-wise breakup of the data revealed that the highest number of missing cases—383—were reported from Mumbai city. This was followed by Ahmednagar with 183 cases, Nagpur Rural and Nashik Rural, with 169 cases each, and Pune Rural and Pune City, with 156 and 148 cases, respectively.