Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said during a public address that women who go missing in the state often do so for reasons related to love relationships, while men typically leave home due to domestic issues, citing missing person statistics.
Fadnavis’s remarks were made in the context of a discussion on missing persons data reported by state police. The comments drew attention on social media, with some questioning the characterization of the data.
The Maharashtra government has periodically released missing person statistics as part of its home department reporting, though Fadnavis’s specific comments have not been independently corroborated with a published data breakdown.
Maharashtra’s home department periodically publishes missing person data as part of its routine crime statistics reporting, figures that are typically used by police to guide public safety and awareness campaigns across the state.
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