Overview

• Ninety-six percent of the 37,695 women and girls reported missing between April 2024 and March 2025 have been located, and searches continue for the remaining cases.
• Every police station has been ordered to establish a women-led Missing Persons Cell under a Supreme Court mandate to ensure rapid case registration and follow-up.
• Under the month-long Operation Shodh from April 17 to May 15, authorities traced 4,960 missing women and 1,364 children, including hundreds not previously recorded.
• Maharashtra police are now linked to the national Missing Persons Portal, requiring real-time data uploads to centralize and accelerate investigations.
• Additional Director General–rank IPS officers have been appointed to oversee women’s security while Bharosa centres provide counselling, protection and legal aid to vulnerable individuals.