HC asks Karnataka Government to provide data of missing children



Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court has asked from the Government on Thursday to provide the details about the action taken by the Government to find out the missing children in the State. A bench comprising of Chief Justice DH Waghela also asked the Government to submit the data of last ten years regarding the missing number of children as well as children who were found back. The bench wanted to know that whether there is any special task force team has been set up to find 782 children.

The bench expressed that a personnel touch and sense of responsibility is required in these case said that the accused get bail and the children are kept under custody in such cases. The bench also sought the information form the Government about the details of the cases where trial is still pending.
Earlier the advocate of the Government informed the court that the Supreme Court has already seized the issue in its statement between January to October 2014 2,523 children went missing and 1,741 were traced and returned to their parents.