Bhopal, April 25 -- Eighteen days have passed since a six-year-old girl disappeared from under a bridge in Bhopal's Koh-e-Fiza area, and the Madhya Pradesh Police still have no answers.
This is not just a case of one missing child-it's a glaring indictment of a crumbling law and order system in a state that prides itself on going "high-tech."
If a child can vanish from the capital city, just miles from the Chief Minister's residence and top police offices, what hope is there for families in the remaining 54 districts? The harsh reality is: there is none.
According to data from the Police Headquarters, over 3,400 women and girls have gone missing in Madhya Pradesh in the last three years alone.
That's nearly 100 a month. And these are ju...