New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday said it has taken suo motu cognisance of recent media reports citing Delhi Police data on missing persons, which indicated that 807 people went missing in the Capital during the first two weeks of January, with only 235 traced so far. The rights body has issued notices to the Delhi chief secretary and the commissioner of police, seeking a report on the matter within two weeks.

In a statement, NHRC referred to media reports published on February 5, which cited police data showing that the 807 missing persons included 191 children and 616 adults. Of these, only 235 had been traced, while 572 remained untraced at the time the data was compiled.

The commission furth...