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.
