According to the 2017-18 report of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), 54,723 children were kidnapped in 2016, but charge sheets were filed in only 40.4 per cent of the cases.
In the year 2015, 41,893 such cases were registered, while in 2014 this number was 37,854.
It is revealed in the report of the Ministry that 8132 cases of human trafficking were registered in the country in 2016.
In the year 2016, the conviction rates were 22.7 percent in cases of child abduction. Figures for the year 2017 have not been submitted yet.
The report of the Home Ministry says that cases of crime against 1,06,958 children were registered in the country in 2016.
Whereas in 2015 it was 94,172. In this way, an increase of 13.6 percent was seen.