On August 1, a nine-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped and killed and cremated near Delhi Cantonment in southwest Delhi, the police had informed.
Delhi Police registered a case against four accused on the basis of the statement of the minor’s mother who alleged that her daughter was raped, murdered and cremated without their consent on Sunday.
The accused have been booked under Sections 302, 376 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, along with the relevant sections of the POCSO Act and the SC/ST Act.
Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader on Wednesday, shared an image of himself with the parents of a Dalit minor who was allegedly raped and killed and cremated near Delhi Cantonment and in southwest Delhi’s Old Nangal area.
In the picture shared by congress leader Rahul Gandhi the faces of all three seated inside a vehicle can be seen in the photo as they engaged in a conversation. Along with the image, he wrote, “The parents’ tears are saying only one thing – their daughter, the daughter of this country, deserves justice. And I am with them on this path of justice.”
After that NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo wrote to twitter that revealing the identity of the girl by tweeting a photo of her parents is a violation of the POCSO Act. “Taking cognizance of this, the NCPCR has asked Twitter India to issue a notice to Rahul Gandhi and remove the post,” the NCPCR tweeted.
The notice, addressed to the resident grievance officer of Twitter India, the NCPCR said it had received a complaint that the photo shared by Gandhi “reveals the identities of the girl” by showing her parents.
the NCPCR has asked the district magistrate to submit an action taken report within 48 hours in Delhi’s Nangal minor rape case. The commission further asked the DM to ensure that the victim’s identity is not disclosed during the process of investigation.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has written to social media websites Facebook and Instagram against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for “revealing the identity” of a nine-year-old Dalit girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in Delhi. The apex child rights body has said that Gandhi’s posts with photos of the family of the victim violated the law.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has also written to social media websites Facebook and Instagram against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for “revealing the identity” of a nine-year-old Dalit girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in Delhi.
The apex child rights body has said that Gandhi’s posts with photos of the family of the victim violated the law. In a letter to Facebook on Friday, the commission said it has come across a video posted on the Instagram profile of Gandhi wherein the identity of the victim minor girl’s family has been disclosed.
The NCPCR asked Facebook for taking appropriate action against the Instagram profile of Gandhi over violation of provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, and the Indian Penal Code, and demanded the removal of the video from the platform.
“Accordingly, the link to the Instagram video is being forwarded for taking appropriate action against the Instagram profile of Rahul Gandhi for violation of provisions of JJ Act, 2015, POCSO Act, 2012 and IPC and removal of the Instagram video from the platform,” it added.
Section 74 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, prohibits the disclosure of identity of a child in any form of media and Section 23 of the POCSO Act, 2012, also states that no information or photo of a child should be published in any form of media which could reveal the identity of the child.
This information under Section 23 of the POCSO Act includes his/her name, address, photograph, family details, school, neighbourhood or any other particulars which may lead to disclosure of identity of the child.