Post by Kunal Binjewar

If the stock market were to crash by 800 points, everyone would panic. But when 800 human beings go missing in Delhi within just 15 days, there is silence. 🚨 We are used to analyzing data. We are used to tracking trends. But when I looked at the data from the past few weeks, it honestly shook me to my core. According to official reports, between 1st January and 15th January 2026, 807 people were reported missing in Delhi. That’s 54 people every single day. Out of these: 509 are women and girls 191 are children (minors) These are not just statistics. These are someone’s daughter, someone’s brother, someone’s young child who never returned home in the evening. Imagine 800+ families right now—running from police station to police station, hanging between hope and fear. When numbers become this large, silence truly hurts. According to experts and ground-level reports, some major reasons behind these missing cases could be: 1. Organized Human Trafficking Women and girls are kidnapped and sold to other states or even other countries. Young children are “supplied” to factories, roadside eateries, or homes for labor. Some children are stolen and illegally sold to couples who want to adopt. 2. Organ Trafficking While these cases are hard to prove and often underreported, illegal organ trade remains a constant fear—especially for people living on the streets or coming from vulnerable backgrounds. 3. Digital Grooming This has become a major factor today. Using fake social media profiles, girls are lured with promises of love or jobs and then trapped. When a system fails at such a massive scale, feeling that “the law is weak” becomes natural. When 24,000+ people go missing in a year and there is no urgency in media or politics, it clearly points to a systemic failure. The media often highlights issues that bring higher TRPs—like celebrity cases. The disappearance of hundreds of women and children is considered “slow” or “depressing” news, so it rarely reaches prime time unless there is a massive protest. Until we raise our voices, the system will not wake up. My question is to the system, the media, and to all of us: If this were a viral reel, it would already have millions of views. If this were a political scandal, prime-time debates would be running non-stop. So why does our outrage become selective when it comes to human trafficking, kidnapping, and safety? On social media, some people are quoting numbers above 2,000. Whether the number is 800 or 2,000— even one is too many. This is not a sudden or new problem. It is a long-standing trend that has been worsening in Delhi for years. In the last 10 years, more than 2.3 lakh people have been reported missing in Delhi. Around 52,000 cases are still unresolved. Please don’t ignore this issue. Because next time, it could be anyone. Delhi needs answers. Or maybe, Delhi simply needs to wake up. Source credit :Hindustan Times #DelhiSaftety #WakeupDelhi #india