The comments came soon after Gandhi met the family of the minor girl who was allegedly raped, murdered, and cremated without her parents’ consent in Delhi’s Old Nangal crematorium.
“Section 74 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 prohibits the disclosure of the identity of a child in any form of media and Section 23 of the POCSO Act, 2012 also states that no information/photo of a child should be published in any form of media which could reveal the identity of the child,” the child rights body said.
Gandhi, on Aug. 3, assured his support to the family of the minor girl who was allegedly raped, murdered, and cremated without her parents’ consent in Delhi’s Old Nangal crematorium.
He also tweeted about his meeting and shared a picture of him with the victim’s parents.
On Aug. 1, a nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped and killed by a priest and three employees of a crematorium near Delhi Cantonment in southwest Delhi, the Delhi police said.
“My daughter was raped and brutally murdered,” said the victim’s mother. “The accused blatantly lied that she was electrocuted. I want my daughter back.”
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 Aug. 1.
The accused persons have been booked under Sections 302, 376, and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, along with the relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act and the Schedule Caste/Schedule Tribe Act.
(With inputs from ANI)
Edited by Abinaya Vijayaraghavan and Praveen Pramod Tewari
