The distraught mother said: 'The police have failed to trace him. There is no information about him.' She said she also met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar several times and requested him to direct the police to look into the case.

Nitish Kumar, on coming to power in November 2005, promised to turn Bihar into a crime-free state in three months. But police records suggest otherwise. While the chief minister claimed that the number of kidnappings had come down drastically during his rule, such incidents are being reported at regular intervals across the state.

Last month, the Bihar government said in the last eight years over 2,000 children had been abducted in the state and the fate of 340 of them was still not known.

According to official reports, 2,167 children were kidnapped between 2001 and 2009. Of them, 1,752 were found and 75 killed.

'We are praying for the safe return of my son kidnapped a year ago,' said a worried father, who is too scared to identify himself.

Similarly, there is gloom in the home of Sunaina Devi, whose husband has been missing since April 2006. She approached top police officials and even the chief minister, but to no avail. She also attempted suicide in August 2007.