Overview
- In 2026 to date, 178 minors were reported missing in Mumbai, 161 have been traced, and 17 remain untraced, all aged 16–18, including eight boys and nine girls.
- Police say three to four special teams are actively working in the city and in other parts of India to locate the untraced teenagers.
- Officials report seven missing-child cases in the 0–5 age group this year, with all seven children recovered.
- In 2025, officers traced 2,165 of 2,182 missing children, reflecting a roughly 99% recovery rate, with about 55% of traced minors being boys.
- The department has rejected misleading social-media claims about missing or kidnapped children and says action, including FIRs, is in process against accounts spreading false information.