Delhi is the capital of the country and the power center of the whole of India, but something is happening in this Delhi, which is very scary, which can make you think whether you are safe here? More than 8000 faces, which are lost somewhere in the crowd of this city, have been lost somewhere, which no idea is known. Among them, the most external north district has 908 names in the deserted streets, whose screams are still unheard. Be it women or men, every missing person is hidden behind a dreadful rule, which is missing behind this glitter of Delhi.
In fact, according to the report from 1 January to 23 July this year, cases of disappearance of more than 7,880 people have been registered in the capital Delhi, which have not yet been detected. The number of most missing cases has come to light in the outer North district of Delhi, where a total of 908 people are missing from areas like Bawana, Swaroop Nagar and Samaypur Badli. These include 4,753 women and 3,133 men. At the same time, the record of 85 missing cases in New Delhi district has been found in high security areas like Tilak Marg, Chanakyapuri and Parliament Street.
What is the condition of the rest of Delhi?
In the rest of Delhi, there have been cases of a large number of missing persons. 730 cases have been registered in North East district, 717 in South West, 689 in South East and 675 in Outer District. Dwarka, North West, Eastern and Rohini districts also have more than 400 missing cases. 363 people are still missing in Central Delhi, while 348 cases have been registered in North, 215 in South and 201 have been registered in Shahdara district.
1,486 dead bodies were not identified
So far there are about 1,486 corpses that have not been identified. Most of these bodies are of men. The most unknown bodies have been found from the North district, where 352 bodies were found in Kotwali, Sabzi Mandi and Civil Lines areas.
The rest of the districts such as 113 in Central, 93 in North West, 83 in South East, 73-73 in South West and North East, 65 in Outer and 55 in New Delhi have been found. The lowest only one corpse is found at IGI Airport.
According to a senior police officer, when a dead body is found, it is first tried to identify it and the family is informed. The cost of carrying the dead body to the Morchauri of the hospital is around ₹ 2,500. If a dead body is not identified or its family does not come, then the body is cremated by post -mortem, which again costs ₹ 2,500.
By the time the family reached the son, the last rites had been done!
This work is handled by police or sometimes NGOs (NGOs). The officer also narrated a tragic story where the body of a young man was bloated and the family later identified him with the help of a tattoo, but by then the body had been cremated.
All this information and figures have been received from data from the zonal integrated police network (ZIPNET), which tracking individuals and unknown bodies from many states and union territories including Delhi.
The number of missing persons in Delhi has been more worrying. Nevertheless, in line with recent trends, there has been a decline in such incidents in 2025 in the national capital. According to data from the Zonal Integrated Police Network (Zipnet), between 1 January to 12 July, about 9,200 cases of missing persons were registered in the city.
Talking about Zipnet’s data, 22,040 people were missing last year from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024.
Missing bigger than children!
A surprising thing in this number of missing people is that adults are more missing than children, and the proportion between the two is increasing.
“On an average about 2,500 children went missing in 2024. This year, the number has been reduced from a slight to 1,748. Although the actual number is decreasing, but the ratio of missing adults is still much higher,” said a senior police officer said.
In 2025, more than four adults will go missing compared to every missing child. Conversely, last year every missing child had a ratio of about three adults – which is a minor but serious increase.
Police officials have held several factor responsible for the decline in the number, including increasing vigilance, advanced tracking systems and better cooperation with NGOs (NGOs).
Decline in figures of missing people, but concern continues
Even in 2024, the number of missing people has decreased – 22,040 cases were registered, while in 2023 the number was 24,356, ie 9.5% decline. Nevertheless, the ratio is still very high: when every missing person meets, two others remain missing.
This situation raises serious questions of increasing crime and security in the capital. Thousands of people are missing and many bodies have not been identified, which remains a major challenge. The accountability and quick action of the police has now become important, so that such cases can be resolved as soon as possible and the families can get relief.
However, this year, Delhi Police has recovered 8,342 missing people. This number is 12,609 less than last year. These figures give relief, but also highlight the flaws in the system.