The near idyllic scene of boisterous children playing on the streets, hides Ghaziabad's deepest tragedy and fear: of children vanishing mysteriously, never to return. Approximately 300 have gone missing from this Uttar Pradesh district's village since January 2007--and astonishingly one a day this year.
The police are characteristically dismissive.
In the absence of leads the parents' fearful imagination runs wild--perhaps it is a pornographic ring?Or cannibalism?Maybe an organ racket?Or perhaps they are kidnapped to have their blood extracted and sold?
Either way people in this region are ever apprehensive of the impending dangers aimed at their offspring.
The police are characteristically dismissive.
In the absence of leads the parents' fearful imagination runs wild--perhaps it is a pornographic ring?Or cannibalism?Maybe an organ racket?Or perhaps they are kidnapped to have their blood extracted and sold?
Either way people in this region are ever apprehensive of the impending dangers aimed at their offspring.
