572 Nepali girls who went to India through Nepalgunj border are missing in 2019 – South Asia Time

572 Nepali girls who went to India through Nepalgunj border are missing in 2019

 January 4, 2020  

Nepalginj —   A new report has shown that many women and girls, who left the country through Nepalgunj border-point are missing. Of the total number of the women who cross the border 572 went missing in 2019.

According to Maiti Nepal, Nepalgunj, of the 869 women, who embarked on perilous journey, only 297 were found in 2019. A total of 869 families have registered missing complaints with Maiti Nepal, Neplagunj, Himalayan News service reports.

The whereabouts of these missing girls and women are yet to be known.

Maiti Nepal, Nepalgunj, Chief Keshav Koirala said his office received missing complaints with request to search the missing ones. “We do everything possible to rescue the missing women in Nepal and India,” Koirala said.