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A Mother's Search 30 Years After Son Was Kidnapped During 1-Child Policy
During the one-child era, the trafficking of young boys was fuelled by parents seeking a son to carry on the family line, experts say. Unwanted girls were often abandoned or sold into sex work, forced marriage or labour.
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On Camera, Man Kidnaps 2 School Students, Gets Caught After Bike Crashes
A lunch break in a Karnataka government school turned into a human scavenger hunt after two students went missing on Monday. The children were traced after the man, who took them away on a motorcycle, met with an accident.
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50 Children Kidnapped From Nigerian Catholic School Escape Captivity
At least 50 of the more than 300 children snatched by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria have escaped their captors, a Christian group said on Sunday, as the president announced the rescue of 38 worshippers seized in a separate attack last week
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Motion Detectors, Electroshock Weapons: Rohit Arya's Gear To Fight Mumbai Cops
The final act of filmmaker Rohit Arya's life unfolded in a cramped studio in Mumbai's Powai neighbourhood, wired with motion detectors, surveillance cameras, and locks that he thought turned the studio into a fortress.
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2 Days Before Mumbai Hostage Crisis, Rohit Arya's 'Film' Message To Actor
A day after Mumbai filmmaker Rohit Arya was shot dead by police - he held 19 people, including 17 children, hostage and demanded Rs 2.4 crore in 'dues' from the Maharashtra government - actor Ruchita Jadhav revealed a disturbing sequence of events.
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Mumbai Filmmaker Rohit Arya Wanted Rs 2.4 Crore, Then Took 17 Children Hostage
The Maharashtra government has distanced itself from claims by Rohit Arya - the Mumbai filmmaker who held 19 people, including 17 children, hostage Thursday - that he was owed Rs 2 crore for an urban sanitation and cleanliness project his company led
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Mumbai Hostage Crisis Lasted 2 Hours, Cops Forced Their Way In: What We Know
A man has been arrested after he took 17 children hostage in Mumbai on Thursday.
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Over 1 Lakh Kidnapping Cases Reported In 2023, 18,000 Related To Elopement
Over 1.16 lakh cases of kidnapping and abduction were reported across the country in 2023, of which nearly 18,000 cases -- involving 9,000 children and 8,800 adults -- were of elopement, according to the latest report from the NCRB
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Supreme Court Calls For Dedicated Online Portal To Trace Missing Children
The Supreme Court today asked the Union Home Ministry to consider bringing in a dedicated online portal to deal with cases of Kidnapping and child trafficking from across the country.
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Child Kidnapping Racket Busted In Hyderabad, 6 Rescued
A child kidnapping gang operating for five years in Hyderabad was busted on Monday, with the police rescuing six children and arresting five people involved in the racket.
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A Mother's Search 30 Years After Son Was Kidnapped During 1-Child Policy
During the one-child era, the trafficking of young boys was fuelled by parents seeking a son to carry on the family line, experts say. Unwanted girls were often abandoned or sold into sex work, forced marriage or labour.
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On Camera, Man Kidnaps 2 School Students, Gets Caught After Bike Crashes
A lunch break in a Karnataka government school turned into a human scavenger hunt after two students went missing on Monday. The children were traced after the man, who took them away on a motorcycle, met with an accident.
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50 Children Kidnapped From Nigerian Catholic School Escape Captivity
At least 50 of the more than 300 children snatched by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria have escaped their captors, a Christian group said on Sunday, as the president announced the rescue of 38 worshippers seized in a separate attack last week
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Motion Detectors, Electroshock Weapons: Rohit Arya's Gear To Fight Mumbai Cops
The final act of filmmaker Rohit Arya's life unfolded in a cramped studio in Mumbai's Powai neighbourhood, wired with motion detectors, surveillance cameras, and locks that he thought turned the studio into a fortress.
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2 Days Before Mumbai Hostage Crisis, Rohit Arya's 'Film' Message To Actor
A day after Mumbai filmmaker Rohit Arya was shot dead by police - he held 19 people, including 17 children, hostage and demanded Rs 2.4 crore in 'dues' from the Maharashtra government - actor Ruchita Jadhav revealed a disturbing sequence of events.
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Mumbai Filmmaker Rohit Arya Wanted Rs 2.4 Crore, Then Took 17 Children Hostage
The Maharashtra government has distanced itself from claims by Rohit Arya - the Mumbai filmmaker who held 19 people, including 17 children, hostage Thursday - that he was owed Rs 2 crore for an urban sanitation and cleanliness project his company led
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Mumbai Hostage Crisis Lasted 2 Hours, Cops Forced Their Way In: What We Know
A man has been arrested after he took 17 children hostage in Mumbai on Thursday.
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Over 1 Lakh Kidnapping Cases Reported In 2023, 18,000 Related To Elopement
Over 1.16 lakh cases of kidnapping and abduction were reported across the country in 2023, of which nearly 18,000 cases -- involving 9,000 children and 8,800 adults -- were of elopement, according to the latest report from the NCRB
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Supreme Court Calls For Dedicated Online Portal To Trace Missing Children
The Supreme Court today asked the Union Home Ministry to consider bringing in a dedicated online portal to deal with cases of Kidnapping and child trafficking from across the country.
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Child Kidnapping Racket Busted In Hyderabad, 6 Rescued
A child kidnapping gang operating for five years in Hyderabad was busted on Monday, with the police rescuing six children and arresting five people involved in the racket.
