Updated On: 21 February, 2026 10:27 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Earlier this month, Mumbai Police clarified that certain social media accounts were misrepresenting data and spreading rumours about missing and kidnapped children in the city

In 2025, around 55 per cent of the missing minors were boys, while the remaining cases involved girls. Representational Pic/iStock/File
Mumbai Police achieved a 99 per cent success rate in tracing missing children in the city last year, officials said on Saturday, reported the PTI.
Out of 2,182 cases of missing minors registered in 2025, the police successfully solved 2,165 cases and reunited the children with their families.