The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Odisha DGP to furnish the data of missing women and girls not yet traced categorically district-wise within eight weeks.
The NHRC passed the order taking cognisance of a petition filed by civil society organisation HumanRights Watch secretary Sangita Swain.
According to RTI information it was ascertained that 3, 200 women and girls were missing from the State between January1, 2015 to December 18, 2015. A total of 11, 000 women and girls were missing from the State till November 2015.
The missing cases were highest in Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Angul, Ganjam, Kendrapada, Nayagarh, Rayagada, Kandhamal and Jajpur districts.
As many as 4,439 missing reports were registered in different police station of the State till 2014. Many cases were not reported and FIRs were registered.
Swain alleged that many of these women and girls were sold and forced into prostitution.
This is violation of human rights, she alleged and prayed the commission to take action against the police officials responsible.