Introduction
“On an average,
over 40, 000 children in India are reported missing every year, of which
approximately 11,000 remain untraced. Where do they go?” (Haq: Report on Child Rights, New Delhi 2005).
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Missing Children Jharkhand |
A countless number of children go missing every year. The
category of missing children include a number of problems including abduction
or kidnapping of children by family members and by non-family members, run-away
children or those forced to run away by family and surrounding circumstances,
children who are in a difficult or aggressive environment, trafficked children,
and lost children.
Because of this wide
array of problems it is hard to survey the number of missing children. Often
cases are not reported to the police. In 2005, Also National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) informed that on an average 44000 children are reported
missing every year. Of these, as many as 11,000 remain untraced.
Children
who go missing may be exploited and abused for various purposes .There are also
a large number of children who run away from homes after dropping out of school
or facing difficulties at home. They usually run away to the glamorous big
cities through different placement agencies where they fall prey to exploiters
and are employed in Homes, tea stalls, brothels, beggary, etc. Most of the
children come from poorer families who do not have access to police services or
whose reports are not taken seriously.
A compilation of
some of the diverse statistics related to missing children is both overwhelming
as well as dissatisfying. The figures quoted from various sources are primarily
indicative of the fact that there are large gaps in available information
giving us a fragmented picture.
Beyond the
government’s response, the Judiciary has also formulated a number of
instructions and resolutions to trap the traffickers yet the accurate data
available is still a challenge. Also, many civil society organizations are engaged
in the reporting and helping to track the missing children yet all the
societies seems to work on their own ways and approaches but not works in a
holistic manner.
A.
Some
of the Facts and Figures related to Children in India
India, with 1.21 billion people is the second most
populous country in the world, while China is on the top with over 1.35 billion
people. Every year, an estimated 26 millions of children are born in India
which is nearly 4 million more than the population of Australia.
1.
It is
significant that while
an absolute increase of 181 million in the country’s population has been
recorded during the decade 2001-2011, there is a reduction of 5.05 millions in
the population of children aged 0-6 years during this period. The decline in male children is 2.06 million
and in female children is 2.99 millions.
2.
The overall sex ratio of the Country is showing a trend of
improvement, whereas the child sex ratio is showing a declining trend. During the period 1991 -2011, child sex ratio
declined from 945 to 914, whereas the overall sex ratio showed an improvement
from 927 to 940. As per Census 2011,
the State/ UTs with alarmingly low (<900) child sex ratio are, Haryana
(830), Punjab (846), Jammu & Kashmir (859), Delhi (866), Chandigarh (867),
Rajasthan (883), Maharashtra (883), Uttrakhand (886), Gujarat (886), Uttar
Pradesh (899).
3.
Among the major States, as per SRS 2008-10, Sex Ratio at
Birth is lowest in Punjab (832) followed by Haryana (848) and highest in
Chattisgarh (985), followed by Kerala (966).
4.
The State/ UTs which have achieved 100% level of birth
registration in 2007 are Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab,Tamil nadu, Chandigarh, Lakshadeep and
Puducherry.
5.
At the national level, the percentage share of infant deaths
to total deaths in rural areas is 15.8%, whereas in urban areas, the same is
9.7%.
6.
In 2010, IMR is
reported to be 47 at the national level, and varies from 51 in rural areas to
31 in urban areas.
7.
As per NFHS 3, 48% of children under age five years are
stunted (too short for their age) which indicates that, half of the country’s
children are chronically malnourished. The States with more than 50 percent
children under five years of age underweight are Madhya Pradesh (60%),
Jharkhand (56.5%) and Bihar (55.9%).
8.
District level Household Survey (DLHS -3 2007-08) shows only
40.5% children are fortunate to be breastfed within one hour of child
birth.
9.
Among male and female children (6-59 months) the percentage
of children with any anaemia was reported as 69% and 69.9% respectively, severe
anaemia was reported for 3.2 % male children and 2.7% female children. Anaemia
was more prevalent in Rural areas (71.5%), than Urban areas (63%). Anaemia
prevalence among children of (6-59 months) is more than 70 percent in Bihar,
Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
and Jharkhand. Anaemia prevalence among
children of (6-59 months) is less than 50 percent in Goa, Manipur, Mizoram, and
Kerala. For the remaining States, the
anaemia prevalence is in the range of 50% - 70%.
10.
As per Statistics of school education, 2009-10, there are
14.49 lakhs educational institutions in the Country. In general, at the
national level, the number of girls enrolled in all levels, i.e. primary,
secondary and higher education is less than their counterparts. However, the
female-male ratio in education has been steadily improving over the years.
11.
The Census found an increase in the number of child labourers
from 11.28 million in 1991 to 12.66 million in 2001. The major occupations engaging child labour
are Pan, Bidi & Cigarettes (21%), Construction (17%), Domestic workers
(15%) and Spinning & weaving (11%).
As per census 2001, Uttar Pradesh (15.22%) recorded the highest share of
child labour in the country, followed by Andra Pradesh (10.76%), Rajasthan
(9.97%), Bihar (8.82%), Madhya Pradesh (8.41%), and West Bengal (6.77%).
12.
Sikkim had the highest Work Participation Rate (WPR) in the
country with 12.04 % child labourers among total children in the age group of
5-14 years, followed by Rajasthan 8.25 % and Himachal Pradesh (8.14%) during
2001. The other states having higher than the national average of 5 percent WPR
for children are Andhra Pradesh (7.7%), Chattisgarh (6.96%), Karnataka (6.91%),
Madhya Pradesh (6.71%), J&K (6.62%), Arunachal Pradesh (6.06%), Jharkhand
and Assam (5.07%).
13.
As per the NFHS -3 (2005-06), nearly 11.8% children age 5-14
years works either for their own household or for somebody else.
14.
It is alarming that, in 2011, the Crimes against children
reported a 24% increase from the previous year with a total of 33,098 cases of
crimes against Children reported in the country during 2011 as compared to
26,694 cases during 2010. The State of
Uttar Pradesh accounted for 16.6% of total crimes against children at national
level in 2011, followed by Madhya Pradesh (13.2%), Delhi (12.8%), Maharashtra
(10.2%), Bihar (6.7%) and Andra Pradesh (6.7%).
15.
In 2011, among the
IPC crimes, an increase of 43% was registered in Kidnapping and Abduction,
while rape cases were increased by 30%, Procuration of minor girls recorded an
increase of 27% and Foeticide reported
an increase of 19% over 2010. In 2011, Buying of girls for Prostitution showed
a decline of 65%, and selling of girls
for Prostitution reported decline of 13% compared to 2010. Infanticide showed a decline of 37 points
during this period.
16.
The States of Madhya
Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra together accounted for 44.5% of the
child rape cases reported in the Country in 2011.
17.
A total of 132 cases of foeticide were reported in 2011, of
which the highest number registered from Madhya Pradesh, followed by
Chattisgarh and Punjab and these States together reported 56% of the total
Foeticide registered in 2011 in the Country.
18.
An increase of 27% is observed in the Crime of Procuration
of Minor Girls, ie.862 cases in 2011 compared to 679 cases in 2010. West Bengal has reported 298 such cases,
indicating a share of 34.6% at national level followed by Bihar (183), Assam
(142) and Andra Pradesh (106).
19.
Maharashtra accounted for 74% of the total 27 cases of
‘buying of girls for prostitution’ and West Bengal has accounted for 77% of the
total 113 cases of ‘selling of girls for prostitution’.
20.
A total of 113 cases
under prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 were reported in the country out
of which highest were reported in West Bengal (25), followed by
Maharashtra(19), Andhra Pradesh(15), Gujarat(13) and Karnataka(12). Considering all the Crimes against children,
the Crime rate (ratio of number of crimes to population) has marginally
increased from 2.3 in 2009 to 2.7 in 2011.
The rate was highest in Delhi (25.4) followed by A & N Islands
(20.3), Chandigarh (7) and Chattisgarh (7), Madhya Pradesh (6) and Goa
(5.1).
21.
The Conviction rate
at national level for the crimes committed against children stood at
34.6%. The conviction rate for
‘infanticide (other than murder)’ was highest at 46.9% followed by cases under
‘murder’ (45.5%).
22.
During 2006-2011, the
trend in human trafficking cases reported under the heads of ‘Procuration of
Minor Girls, Importation of girls, Selling of girls for prostitution, Buying of
girls for prostitution Immoral Traffic (Prev.)Act’, shows an overall declining
trend, with year to year variation. From
nearly 5000 cases in 2006, it declined over the years, touching the lowest in
2009 (2848 cases) increased to 3422 cases in 2010, and 3517 cases in 2011.
23.
In 2011, 69% of cases of human trafficking are cases booked
under Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1956, though there is a decline of 2.6%
in 2011 compared to 2010. Andra Pradesh accounted for 20.4% and Tamil nadu
accounted for 17.2% cases of cases under this category, in 2011.
B. Missing
Children in Jharkhand
In Jharkhand thousands of girls and boys are missing. It is
also noticed that school going girls and boys are equally subjected to the risk
of trafficking. In recent scenario, more children from schools are being
trapped by traffickers. The children, who are missing, not reported to the
police stations; if reported the FIR not registered and children are not
searched or rescued by police stations and other stakeholders. Several Causes behind missing of the
children have being reported from the
rescue of the children such as Children are forced by the families to work outside the state through placement agencies,
attraction of fascinating world , to earn more money, Early Child
Marriages to other states and being sold
, Even some of the cases are evident as the love affairs too.
This situation makes children more vulnerable of child trafficking;
sexual exploitation and modern day slavery where children are trafficked and
kept in home locked and face various kind of abuse. Therefore it is needed to
register cases of missing child at police station.
When
a child goes missing there no FIR filed as there is no cognizable offence
committed. Hence only an entry is made into the General Station Diary at the
concerned police office. Information of the missing child is forwards up to the
Chief of police as well as locally police officers generate awareness through
the media. The police headquarters of each state has a missing person bureau
but unfortunately it is not streamlined.
Last year an RTI filled by a child rights activist revealed
that most of the cases of missing children are not been registered as FIR (out
of 240 applications of missing children received at police stations, in 10
cases only FIR lodged)* at police station, while hon’ble supreme court directed
to register each case of missing child as FIR, considering that the child might
be trafficked or kidnapped. In this scenario parents/ guardian also feel
incapacitated and therefore discouraged going to police stations to register cases
of missing child. Even they go to police station for reporting case of missing
child, return without any FIR number, nor the children searched to be
recovered. In most of the cases, DD Entry happens only. Many times, children
trafficked to the metros like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and other places by
middlemen or agents and parents know them, still action is not taken.
C. The Legal Provisions
The government of India has launched Track the Missing Child Web enabled service to track all the
children missing or staying at any home and kept an option to create username
for every stakeholder, but due to lack of awareness and training, the system is
not very functional.
There is also provision for registration and issuance of
identity cards of workers who migrate one state to another for work. In
practice, such registration is very few. A large number of children migrate
with adult parents and relatives in bricks kiln, agricultural labour, road work
etc. to the states like Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat and
Haryana, Tripura, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh etc.
and also a law for registration of people migrating other states
providing with an identity card, but it is not in practice/ functional too.
D.
An Initiative Taken under a Pilot Project
“Jagran” for Missing Children Helpline
The Missing Child Helpline was started under a pilot project ‘Jagran’ on
21st October, 2013 by Diya Seva Sansthan with support from UNICEF
Jharkhand and Crime Investigation Department (CID), Jharkhand Police. It is a campaign helping to register missing children and provide
awareness on child protection issues with aim of preparedness to protect
children from violence, exploitation and HIV.The missing
child registration helpline helped to encourage the families to seek to
register FIR at police stations Too.
The incidents of crimes against children are growing
all over India. The law also changed to tackle these issues, as many cases are
growing day by day. The First Information Report (FIR) has to be registered in
every case of missing child, as per the Supreme Court order in a case of
Bachapan BachaoAndolan Versus government
of India, but In the recent time it has been seen
through reports and newspapers coverage that due to less
awareness the cases have not been registered in police stations. Compared to
other states, the condition of Jharkhand is even more pitiful. Being a state of
difficult areas full of hilly forest and naxal problem almost due to resentment
among the people against the system, it is a challenge to the government
achinery and organizations to solve these problems.
Even families are forced to send their children in
extremist groups. In the recent time, children of Jharkhand are becoming
vulnerable to trafficking, abuse, fake marriage, child labour or marriage
before the legal age. Incidents of Human trafficking and child abuse with
people of Jharkhand, specially girls is seen frequently in the metropolitan
cities, who has been taken by the placement agencies and middlemen as a domestic servants. This is because the
shifting of employment to the metro and bog cities.
Hence, Diya Seva Sansthan being involved in anti-human
trafficking and anti-child Labour
issues (rescue, repatriation and providing legal support to survivors of Trafficking and child labour) supported, for a
pilot project aiming at registration of missing children in the state and
awareness on child protection issues among panchayat members, students etc., in
Collaborations with UNICEF Jharkhand and CID of Jharkhand Police. The
initiatives took ground with consultation of Child Protection Officer (UNICEF)
and IG (CID), State Nodal Officer on human trafficking and hence the project
‘JAGARAN’ was initiated.
E. About Missing Child Helpline
The Missing Child
Helpline is equipped by a cell at office of CID Jharkhand, Rajarani Kothi,
Doranda, Ranchi, Jharkhand – 834002 having space and other required equipments provided
by CID. A Helpline number 9471300008 has been launched and advertised through
distribution of stickers, daily newspapers, local news channels, e-mail and
social media/ face book etc.
In the social networking site a missing child page has
been created. The issues regarding missing of children are published and shared
regularly. The Helpline number is also shared in this site portal. It has
gained popularity and sought attention of many People as the number of likes is
growing day by day.
The financial
and technical support is been provided by UNICEF Jharkhand to run missing child helpline cell followed by a staff to attend the calls and
register the format provided and maintain the telephone bills.
The CID Jharkhand, as a nodal of Special Juvenile
Police Unit, contacted and has directed the local police stations in every
districts of Jharkhand to register the case of missing children and to take necessary
actions to find children at their best levels.
This cell is functional since 21st October, 2013. A data base has been prepared of
Missing Children Which has been recorded and registered in the format with all
details through helpline number and
finally submitted to the IG, CID of Police to send letters to the
concerned SP of the district for
necessary action. Each of the data received through calls are verified
thoroughly. After the verification is
completed the data received are uploaded in Form-M (National Track the Missing Child
Web Portal). To support the missing child helpline a Director of PRI Members,
Teachers, AWW, ANM, NGO workers and paralegal professionals are chosen by DSS
for effective monitoring and progress of work for the Missing Children.
F.
Data Received at a Glance
DATA
AVAILABLE FROM 21ST OCTOBER 2013 TO 30TH JUNE 2014
|
|||||||||||||
Months
|
Details Received through Phone calls
|
Recovered Children
|
Cases Registered
|
Caste Groups
|
|||||||||
General Information Received
|
Cases Registered
|
Cases Inquired
|
Cases Recovered
|
Others
|
Total Phone Calls Received
|
Yes
|
No
|
OBC
|
ST
|
SC
|
GEN
|
||
Oct-13
|
30
|
16
|
25
|
8
|
10
|
89
|
8
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
5
|
Nov-13
|
20
|
9
|
18
|
6
|
22
|
75
|
6
|
8
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
Dec-13
|
80
|
14
|
35
|
5
|
31
|
165
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
6
|
2
|
3
|
Jan-14
|
63
|
51
|
43
|
34
|
47
|
238
|
38
|
8
|
2
|
5
|
39
|
4
|
2
|
Feb-14
|
68
|
14
|
25
|
6
|
53
|
166
|
5
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
5
|
Mar-14
|
34
|
9
|
21
|
1
|
50
|
115
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
2
|
0
|
Apr-14
|
17
|
4
|
25
|
2
|
59
|
115
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
May-14
|
5
|
1
|
85
|
2
|
63
|
156
|
2
|
13
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
Jun-14
|
25
|
3
|
38
|
20
|
48
|
134
|
20
|
17
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
Total
|
342
|
121
|
315
|
84
|
383
|
1253
|
64
|
22
|
19
|
71
|
11
|
20
|
Table
No.-1
G.
Major Key Achievements from the Missing Child
Helpline
1.
The helpline got its success from last 5 months to register
the FIR and from previously there is 20% increase in registering FIR at the police
stations.
2.
Out of 118 missing children 84 missing children has been
recovered from the FIR Registrations.
3.
A total number of 1253 Calls are received by the Helpline.
4.
Out of 1253 calls for general information 342, for
registration of cases 121, for enquiry of status of the cases 315, for
information of recovery 84 and others 383such calls has been received.
5.
After starting the helpline service many police officers of
about 45 police stations around Jharkhand have contacted and it resulted in the
greater level of awareness generation for registration of missing children
cases.
6.
The total number of Cases Came through missing child
helpline is 118 for a period of October 2013 to May 2014. Out of 118, 6 Cases
are of missing persons, 112 cases are of children who include 99 Cases of
missing children and 13 Case of Child in need of Care and protection has been
reported.
7.
All the Cases of missing children are transferred to the CID
of Jharkhand. The Concerned police Stations have been directed for registration
of First Information Report (FIR) after Verification from the concerned
panchayat members.
8.
The helpline number has been advertised widely through
various mediums and calls are received
from 14 Districts namely Ranchi, Gumla, Khunti, Deoghar, Simdega,
Palamau,Garhwa, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Ramgarh,Kodarma,Latehar ,Saraikella
,Lohardegaand Chatra in Jharkhand state.
9.
The number of districts increasing as in the month of March
the calls received from 13districts
while in October and November, 2013 from 5 districks each month.
10.
Now the helpline number is popular through various media as
140 likes through face book page in last 3 months.
11.
The missing child helpline cell can be very much useful to
combat human Trafficking especially of girls and women.
12.
The girl child from gumla was taken to delhi after Cajoling
and its information was given on Helpline no. , this girl was rescued with the
help of Ranchi GRP.
13.
The women who was separated from her family, was brought
back to her family after ten years.
14.
Many people where brought back to their family with the help
of helpline.
15.
Two girls were brought back to their family after four years
with the help of helpline.
16.
We have also received e-mails regarding Missing Children
most of them has also been resolved.
17.
The Children missing are helped to recover back with the help of
the police after registering through helpline services and even the placement
agencies and middlemen with the peer
pressure has returned the children back to their families.
H. Constraints and Challenges
1. The helpline
number is yet to be reach far away districts and remote areas in Jharkhand state
from where children and women missing and trafficked.
2. The registration of FIR of missing children is still a
big challenge as out of 113 applications only 30 FIRs are registered .The cases
registered are as SDE entry at police stations. In 11 cases people not reached
to the police station for FIR registrations.
3.
The cases of
missing are not registered after many publications through newspaper and other
media. Even Supreme Court, High Court and DGP
- Jharkhand directed all the cases to be registered. So seems police is not much aware of it.
- Many of the families’ fear to go to the police stations to register FIR and even register through helpline service.
- Most of the people especially the rural masses are still not aware regarding the toll free no. of helpline service and its uses to avail information’s provided for missing children.
I.
Key Data Information Received for
Missing Children
I.1
District Wise Data on Missing Children
S.
No
|
District
|
October-2013
|
November
2013
|
December
2013
|
January
2014
|
February 2014
|
March 2014
|
April
2014
|
May
2014
|
Total
|
1
|
Ranchi
|
10
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
6
|
2
|
-
|
34
|
2
|
Khunti
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
32
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
38
|
|
3
|
Gumla
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
14
|
4
|
Simdega
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
5
|
Lorhardega
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
6
|
Latehar
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
8
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
8
|
7
|
Palamu
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
8
|
Garhwa
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
9
|
Chatra
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
10
|
Ramgarh
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
3
|
11
|
Jamsedpur(E.singhBhum)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
12
|
Chaibasa(W.singhBhum)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
13
|
Bokaro
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
14
|
Dhanbad
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
15
|
Hazaribagh
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
16
|
Giridih
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
17
|
Pakur
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
18
|
Sahebganj
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
19
|
Godda
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
20
|
Deoghar
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
21
|
Dumka
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
22
|
Saraikella
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
23
|
Jamtara
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
24
|
kodarma
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
Total
|
16
|
9
|
14
|
50
|
15
|
9
|
4
|
1
|
118
|
Table
No.-2
Note: Data available from 21st October till May
2014.

Graph
No.-1
The mentioned above tables shows
that in the month of October 2013 16Nos. children were reported missing from
Ranchi, Khunt, Gumla and Koderma districts where as In November 2013 , the
districts were Ranchi , Khunti, Gumla, simdega and Palamu where 9 Nos. of the
cases were found missing. In the month of December 2013 , 14 Nos such cases
where reported missing from the districts from Ranchi, Gumla, simdega, Palamu,
Garhwa, Ramgarh, Dhanbad and Hazaribagh .
The year 2014
still the cases of missing children were reported where in January 2014 a huge
total of 50Nos.Cchildren were found missing.The districts where reported were Ranch,
Khunti, Gumla, Simdega, latehar, Ramgarh, Dhanbad and Hazaribagh. The khunti
district was most prone as the area is covers naxalite belt were the families
want their children to go outside to work for safety reasons. In February 2014
a total of 15 Nos. children were reported missing from districts namely Ranchi,
Khunti, Gumla, Garhwa, Chatra, Bokaro and Sariekela. In March 2014, 9 Nos.
Children were reported missing from the districts from Ranchi, Khunti, Gumla
and Lohardaga. Further, in the month of April 2014, 4 Nos. of Children were
found and reported missing from districts namely Ranchi and Gumla where as in
May 2014, 1 No. children was reported missing from Ramgarh District in
Jharkhand State. The reason behind the missing of the children are the fake job
offers by the placement agencies and the middlemen. The children are sent to
other states too lke Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Gujrat.
Graph
No.-2
In the month of
October 2013, a Total Number of 16 Children was Reported Missing. The children
reported missing were from Ranchi (10 Nos.), Khunti (2 Nos.), Gumla (2 Nos.),
Koderma (1No.) and Dhanbad(1 No.) districts in Jharkhand State.

Graph
No.-3
In November 2013
a total of 9 children were found missing. The children reported were from
Ranchi (4 Nos.), Khunti(1 No.), Gumla(1 No),Palamu(2 Nos.) and Simdega(1 No.)
districts from Jharkhand State.

Graph
No-4
In December 2013
a total of 14 Children were reported missing. The following were the districts
from where the children were reported missing Namely Ranchi(3 Nos.), Gumla (4
Nos.), Simdega(1 No.), Palamu(1 No.), Ramgarh(1 No.), Garhwa(1 No.), Hazaribagh
(1 No.) and Dhanbad(2 Nos.) in Jharkhand State.

Graph
No.-5
In January 2014,
a total of 50 children were reported missing.
These comprise from districts namely Ranchi(3 Nos.), Khunti(32
Nos.),Gumla (3 Nos.), Lohardaga (1No.), Latehar( 8Nos.), Ramgarh(1 No.),
Hazaribagh(1 No.) and Dhanbad(1 No.) in Jharkhand .

Graph
No-6
In February 2014,
15 children were reported missing. The following districts from Jharkhand
State, the children were reported missing are Dhanbad(1 No.), Ranchi(5 Nos.),
Sariekela(1 No.),Garhwa (1 No.),Gumla(1 No.),Chatra(3 Nos.) and Khunti(2 Nos.)

Graph
No.-7
In March
2014, 9 Children were reported missing .
The following districts from Jharkhand State were covered namely Ranchi(6
Nos.), Gumla(1 No.), Lohardaga(1 No.) and Khunti(1 No.)

Graph
No.-8
In the month of
April 2014 a total of 4 Children were reported missing. There are from Ranchi (2
Nos.) and Gumla (2 Nos.) districts in Jharkhand.

Graph
No-9
In May 2014, 1
No. children was reported missing from Ramgarh district in Jharkhand State.
I.3
District Wise Details of Recovered Children
S. No.
|
Districts
|
Oct-13
|
Nov-13
|
Dec-13
|
Jan-14
|
Feb-14
|
Mar-14
|
Apr-14
|
May-14
|
Total
|
|
1
|
Ranchi
|
7
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
9
|
24
|
|
2
|
Khunti
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
34
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
6
|
45
|
|
3
|
Gumla
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
5
|
|||
4
|
Simdega
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
5
|
Lohardega
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||
6
|
Latehar
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||
7
|
Palamu
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
||
8
|
Garhwa
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
|||
9
|
Chatra
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||
10
|
Ramgarh
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
|||
11
|
Jamsedpur
(East
SinghBhum)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||
12
|
Chaibasa
(West SinghBhum)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||
13
|
Bokaro
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||
14
|
Dhanbad
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
||||
15
|
Hazaribagh
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
||
16
|
Giridih
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||
17
|
Pakur
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||
18
|
Sahebganj
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
||
19
|
Godda
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||
20
|
Deoghar
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
21
|
Dumka
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||
22
|
Saraikella
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
|||
23
|
Jamtara
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||
24
|
kodarma
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||
Total
|
8
|
6
|
5
|
38
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
21
|
83
|
Table No.-3

Graph
No-10
The table
depicts the status from the month of October 2013 to May 2014 the children have
been recovered from the helpline services. In the month of October 2013 a total of 8 Nos. Children were recovered
from the districts namely Ranchi and Gumla. In November 2013 , 6 Nos. children
were recovered from Ranchi, Khunti, Gumla ,Palamu and Sahebgunj Districts in
Jharkhand. Further in December 2013 a total of 5 Nos. children were reported
recovered Ranchi, Khunti, Hazaribagh and Deoghar districts.
In the year January 2014, 38
Nos. of Children were recovered from different States as well as from
Ranchi ,Khunti and Gumla districts. The children
recovered were hired by some of the placement agencies in Delhi state where
children were forced to work as child Labouers. In Feburary 2014 , 5 Nos. of
Children were recovered from Ranchi , Khunti and Dhanbad districts. In March
and April 2014 none of the children were reported recovered where as in May
2014 a total of 24 Nos. of Children were recovered from Ranchi , Khunti, Gumla,
Palamu, Garhwa, Ramgarh and Sariekela districts. The children recovered were
from Delhi, Railway stations etc. and further with the interference of the
police authorities the placement agencies and middlemen they themselves return
back children to their families.
I.3
District and Month Wise Details of Children Recovered

Graph No-11
A total of 8 Nos. of Children were recovered from Ranchi (7
Nos.) and Khunti (1 No.) districts in the month of October 2013. The children
were rescued from different situations like employed through placement
agencies, working as wage laborers etc.

Graph
No-12
From the above
mentioned table a total of 6 Nos. of Children were recovered in the month of
November 2013 from the districts namely Ranchi (2 Nos.), Khunti(1 No.), Gumla(1
No.), Palamu(1 No.) and Sahebganj(1 No.) .

Graph
No-13
In the month of
December 2013, a total of 5Nos. of
Children were recovered from various situations from the districts namely
Ranchi(2 Nos.), Khunti 1( No.) Hazaribagh(1 No.) and Deoghar(1 No.).

Graph
No-14
In the month of January 2014, a total of 38 Nos. of Children were recovered from
various situations from the districts namely Ranchi(3 Nos.), Khunti (34 Nos.)
and Gumla(1 No.)

Graph
No-15
In the month of February 2014, a total of 5 Nos of children
were recovered. They were from Ranchi (1 No.), Khunti(3Nos.) and Dhanbad(1 No.)
districts.

Graph
No-16
In the month of March and April 2014 none of the children
were recovered. Further in the month of May 2014 a total of 21 Nos. of Children
were recovered from various situations. These children were from Ranchi(9
Nos.), Khunti(6 Nos.), Gumla(2 Nos.), Palamu(1 No.), Garhwa(1 No.), Ramgarh (1
No.) and Sariekela(1 No.) districts.

Graph
No-17
The overall data
received indicates that Out of 118Casesof Missing Children 84 have been recovered
.As shown in the above graph 55% children were missing out of which 45%
children have been recovered after the initiation of the missing children helpline
service.
I.3 District and
Caste Wise Cases Reported

Graph
No-18
The above mentioned graph depicts
that a total 118 nos. of children are
reported from various districts of Jharkhand State. The districts are namely Ranchi(34
Nos.), Khunti a maximum of 38 Nos., Gumla 14 Nos. , Simdega 3 Nos, Lohardaga, 1
No., Latehar 8 Nos, Palamu 3 Nos., Garhwa 2 Nos, Chatra 3 Nos, Ramgarh 3 Nos.,
Dhanbad 5 Nos, Hazaribagh 2 Nos, Sariekela 1 Nos, and Koderma 1 No. children
cases have been reported Missing ,as per the data available through missing
children helpline.

Graph
No-19
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