Lost Boys of Arwal

Every day in India, 180 children go missing. Two out of three are never found. A breathtaking statistic. 

Between 2015 and 2016, six boys aged between 8 and 16 years went missing in Karpi block of Arwal district in Bihar. Two of them returned after managing to escape their captors. They have harrowing tales to recount. "These men hit me on my face and I fell unconscious.

S.M. Zafar from India Unheard spoke with the families of six boys who were kidnapped and trafficked last summer. Two of them managed to escape the traffickers and find their way home. But for the families of Manish Kumar (16), Arshad Ansari (14), Bittu Kumar (8) and Sonu Ansari (17), the agonizing wait for word about their kidnapped children continues.