- The highest number of women and children who go missing in the country are from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh respectively, according to a study by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
- The two States recorded the highest number of cases of missing children and women among all other States in the years 2016, 2017 and 2018.
- The NCRB study was based on the annual Crime in India Report compiled by the agency for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018.
