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  • Two missing dalit minor girls’ bodies recovered from canal in Rajasthan’s Jalore 

    By PTI

    JAIPUR: The bodies of two minor girls who had been missing for two days were found in the Narmada canal in the Sanchore area of Rajasthan’s Jalore district, police said on Wednesday.

    The two girls had been missing since Monday night.

    On Tuesday, a kidnapping case was registered against four named accused on behalf of the girls’ relatives under provisions of the Indian Penal Code, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the SC/ST Act.

    On the basis of the FIR, the four named accused are being interrogated in custody, Circle Officer (Sanchore) Roop Singh said on Wednesday.

    The post-mortem was done by a medical board but the girls’ family members refused to accept the bodies and demanded Rs 50 lakh each in compensation and government jobs for their kin, Singh said.

    The girls’ relatives and local residents are sitting on a dharna outside the Sub-Divisional Officer’s office to press for their demands.

    The administration is holding talks with the girls’ family members to end the stalemate, the police officer added.

    The girls’ family members have alleged that they were killed and thrown into the canal.

    Singh said the actual cause of death would be revealed after the post-mortem report is received.

    JAIPUR: The bodies of two minor girls who had been missing for two days were found in the Narmada canal in the Sanchore area of Rajasthan’s Jalore district, police said on Wednesday.

    The two girls had been missing since Monday night.

    On Tuesday, a kidnapping case was registered against four named accused on behalf of the girls’ relatives under provisions of the Indian Penal Code, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and the SC/ST Act.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); });

    On the basis of the FIR, the four named accused are being interrogated in custody, Circle Officer (Sanchore) Roop Singh said on Wednesday.

    The post-mortem was done by a medical board but the girls’ family members refused to accept the bodies and demanded Rs 50 lakh each in compensation and government jobs for their kin, Singh said.

    The girls’ relatives and local residents are sitting on a dharna outside the Sub-Divisional Officer’s office to press for their demands.

    The administration is holding talks with the girls’ family members to end the stalemate, the police officer added.

    The girls’ family members have alleged that they were killed and thrown into the canal.

    Singh said the actual cause of death would be revealed after the post-mortem report is received.

  • Nearly 51,000 child abuse complaints reach NCPCR in last five years

    By IANS

    NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), a statutory body to protect, promote and defend child rights in the country, has received 50,857 complaints during the last five years, from 2016-17 to 2020-21.

    Government data showed that a maximum number of 9,572 complaints were received from Madhya Pradesh followed by 5,340 complaints from Uttar Pradesh. States like Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh also reported a large number of complaints — 4,276; 3,205 and 4,685 respectively — to the NCPCR in the last five years.

    The Commission inquires into complaints and takes suo moto cognizance of cases of violation or deprivation of child rights, inspection of child care institutions, examines factors inhibiting enjoyment of child rights, reviews existing laws and policies for children, promotes public awareness and makes inquiries into matters relating to deprivation of child rights. It has powers of a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

    For instance, taking cognizance of the alleged “auctioning” of girls in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara, NCPCR chairman P Kanoongo on Friday said that the matter would be investigated and the child rights body would ensure that the nexus is broken and the accused are punished. A NCPCR team will visit Bhilwara on November 7 and meet the families affected by trafficking to investigate the matter.

    “We want every case related to children to be reported. For this, recently we have held a field-wise meeting of the Juvenile Police Units and the officers attached to them in the districts of all the states and tried to know the problem. In this, there has been a discussion regarding appointments including police sensitivity.

    “Its full report is being prepared. Apart from this, we have also discussed with lawyers and judges of POCSO Court. Its purpose is that all the stakeholders involved in providing justice to the children should find solutions to these problems. POCSO law which is an effective law, if it is implemented properly, then crimes related to children can be stopped,” said the NCPCR chairman while talking to IANS.

    As per the Ministry of Women and Child Welfare, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has taken action to provide safety and security to children against such crimes and developed a manual on the safety and security of children in School, Guidelines on Cyber Safety and security of children, Guidelines on Hostels for Residential Educational Institutions and conducting webinars on cyber safety and child sexual abuse.

    According to a recent Parliament reply, the NCPCR has taken many initiatives including regional meetings on POCSO.

    The Commission organised regional meetings on “POCSO: Factors hindering the implementation and aspects of assistance to victims” in different regions of the country with an objective to build a comprehensive understanding on the implementation of the POCSO Act, 2012; discuss important aspects of assistance to POCSO victims and identify deliverables for NCPCRs/State Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCRs).

    However, in a recent report, a parliamentary standing committee observed that there is a need for proactive advocacy and action on the part of the NCPCR to highlight child right issues. “The Committee is of the view that there is a need for proactive advocacy and action on part of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to highlight child rights issues.”

    “Upon being informed during the deposition by the Ministry about illegal adoption rackets and the NCPCR working in that field, the Committee feels that since issues of child trafficking and abuse need close coordination with law enforcement authorities, the NCPCR should evolve a system to keep itself abreast of any such illegal adoptions, which can be taken up with the concerned stakeholders.”

    NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), a statutory body to protect, promote and defend child rights in the country, has received 50,857 complaints during the last five years, from 2016-17 to 2020-21.

    Government data showed that a maximum number of 9,572 complaints were received from Madhya Pradesh followed by 5,340 complaints from Uttar Pradesh. States like Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh also reported a large number of complaints — 4,276; 3,205 and 4,685 respectively — to the NCPCR in the last five years.

    The Commission inquires into complaints and takes suo moto cognizance of cases of violation or deprivation of child rights, inspection of child care institutions, examines factors inhibiting enjoyment of child rights, reviews existing laws and policies for children, promotes public awareness and makes inquiries into matters relating to deprivation of child rights. It has powers of a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

    For instance, taking cognizance of the alleged “auctioning” of girls in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara, NCPCR chairman P Kanoongo on Friday said that the matter would be investigated and the child rights body would ensure that the nexus is broken and the accused are punished. A NCPCR team will visit Bhilwara on November 7 and meet the families affected by trafficking to investigate the matter.

    “We want every case related to children to be reported. For this, recently we have held a field-wise meeting of the Juvenile Police Units and the officers attached to them in the districts of all the states and tried to know the problem. In this, there has been a discussion regarding appointments including police sensitivity.

    “Its full report is being prepared. Apart from this, we have also discussed with lawyers and judges of POCSO Court. Its purpose is that all the stakeholders involved in providing justice to the children should find solutions to these problems. POCSO law which is an effective law, if it is implemented properly, then crimes related to children can be stopped,” said the NCPCR chairman while talking to IANS.

    As per the Ministry of Women and Child Welfare, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has taken action to provide safety and security to children against such crimes and developed a manual on the safety and security of children in School, Guidelines on Cyber Safety and security of children, Guidelines on Hostels for Residential Educational Institutions and conducting webinars on cyber safety and child sexual abuse.

    According to a recent Parliament reply, the NCPCR has taken many initiatives including regional meetings on POCSO.

    The Commission organised regional meetings on “POCSO: Factors hindering the implementation and aspects of assistance to victims” in different regions of the country with an objective to build a comprehensive understanding on the implementation of the POCSO Act, 2012; discuss important aspects of assistance to POCSO victims and identify deliverables for NCPCRs/State Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCRs).

    However, in a recent report, a parliamentary standing committee observed that there is a need for proactive advocacy and action on the part of the NCPCR to highlight child right issues. “The Committee is of the view that there is a need for proactive advocacy and action on part of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to highlight child rights issues.”

    “Upon being informed during the deposition by the Ministry about illegal adoption rackets and the NCPCR working in that field, the Committee feels that since issues of child trafficking and abuse need close coordination with law enforcement authorities, the NCPCR should evolve a system to keep itself abreast of any such illegal adoptions, which can be taken up with the concerned stakeholders.”

  • Sexual assault of nursery student in school bus in Bhopal; CM asks cops to act against lapses

    By Express News Service

    BHOPAL: Three days after the shocking incident of three and half years old nursery student having allegedly been sexually assaulted in the school bus by bus driver in presence of a woman caretaker was reported, the Bhopal police have started specific investigations into the school management’s role in the case.

    Members of Bhopal Police’s special investigation team (SIT) constituted to probe the case, spent hours at the prominent school on Thursday, recording statements of all possible staff members in connection with the case, particularly the school’s failure to put in place fully operational CCTV cameras inside the bus (in which the alleged incident happened on September 8) and timely report the matter to police, even after coming to know about it from the little girl’s parents on September 9 only.

    Thursday’s development happened just after the state’s chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, reviewed the progress of investigations in the case and questioned top police brass of Bhopal, about why action wasn’t taken against the school, when it was found wanting in many key aspects, pertaining to security provisions in the bus as well as timely reporting of the alleged crime to the police.

    “Call the school management and take action against it for whatever lapses have been committed by it. This isn’t a small incident, but a serious incident, which pertains to the safety and security of all school children in the city. We need to send a strong message across to all schools that any lapses and compromise with students’ safety will not be tolerated at any cost,” the CM reportedly told the top brass of Bhopal police at the meeting to review the case’s probe.

    “Irrespective of the prominence of the school, action needs to be taken against its management in case of lapses in students safety,” the CM asked the police officers, while also questioning what was the School Education Department doing in the matter, to ensure safety and security of students of all schools in Bhopal and elsewhere.

    Meanwhile, as per informed sources, the police has got enough evidence to nail the school management (particularly the school’s owner and principal in the case) over the non-operation of the CCTV cameras installed on the bus and the delay in reporting the alleged crime to the police.

    Importantly, the parents of the nursery student girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted had informed about it to the school management on September 9 only (just a day after the shocking incident), but instead of reporting it to Bhopal police, the school management preferred to be inactive in the matter.

    With the school management not reporting the incident to the police, even three days after coming to know about it, the girl’s parents reported the crime to Bhopal Police on September 12, after which the cops not only booked the bus driver and the bus’s woman caretaker under IPC Sections and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act but also arrested the duo the same day.

    BHOPAL: Three days after the shocking incident of three and half years old nursery student having allegedly been sexually assaulted in the school bus by bus driver in presence of a woman caretaker was reported, the Bhopal police have started specific investigations into the school management’s role in the case.

    Members of Bhopal Police’s special investigation team (SIT) constituted to probe the case, spent hours at the prominent school on Thursday, recording statements of all possible staff members in connection with the case, particularly the school’s failure to put in place fully operational CCTV cameras inside the bus (in which the alleged incident happened on September 8) and timely report the matter to police, even after coming to know about it from the little girl’s parents on September 9 only.

    Thursday’s development happened just after the state’s chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, reviewed the progress of investigations in the case and questioned top police brass of Bhopal, about why action wasn’t taken against the school, when it was found wanting in many key aspects, pertaining to security provisions in the bus as well as timely reporting of the alleged crime to the police.

    “Call the school management and take action against it for whatever lapses have been committed by it. This isn’t a small incident, but a serious incident, which pertains to the safety and security of all school children in the city. We need to send a strong message across to all schools that any lapses and compromise with students’ safety will not be tolerated at any cost,” the CM reportedly told the top brass of Bhopal police at the meeting to review the case’s probe.

    “Irrespective of the prominence of the school, action needs to be taken against its management in case of lapses in students safety,” the CM asked the police officers, while also questioning what was the School Education Department doing in the matter, to ensure safety and security of students of all schools in Bhopal and elsewhere.

    Meanwhile, as per informed sources, the police has got enough evidence to nail the school management (particularly the school’s owner and principal in the case) over the non-operation of the CCTV cameras installed on the bus and the delay in reporting the alleged crime to the police.

    Importantly, the parents of the nursery student girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted had informed about it to the school management on September 9 only (just a day after the shocking incident), but instead of reporting it to Bhopal police, the school management preferred to be inactive in the matter.

    With the school management not reporting the incident to the police, even three days after coming to know about it, the girl’s parents reported the crime to Bhopal Police on September 12, after which the cops not only booked the bus driver and the bus’s woman caretaker under IPC Sections and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act but also arrested the duo the same day.

  • Rajasthan cop booked under POCSO over viral video, held

    By PTI

    JAIPUR: The Special Operation Group (SOG) of Rajasthan police has arrested Rajasthan Police Service (RPS) officer, after videos purportedly showing him with a female constable and her minor child in a compromising position, went viral.

    Both the officer and the constable were suspended after preliminary investigation on September 8.

    The accused officer, Heera Lal Saini, posted as circle officer, Beawar of Ajmer district was detained Thursday night from a resort in Udaipur and arrested on Friday, ADGP (ATS & SOG) Ashok Rathore told PTI.

    A case been registered against the officer under sections of the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

    Whether it is also an offence under sections of IT Act, it is part of the investigation, he added.

    The video clips purportedly show Saini indulging in sexual activities with the constable in a swimming pool. The female cop’s six-year-old son was in the same pool.

    Saini has reportedly claimed that the videos are doctored.

    The constable’s husband informed the police that he married the woman in 2001, and in 2008, she got the job in the police department.

    On July 13, the complainant found that his wife had posted a video (as WhatsApp status), in which she and Saini were in a swimming pool, and in a compromising position.

    He mentioned that in the video, the wife lip kissed their son in the pool, while Saini inappropriately touched her in front of the minor.

    He filed a complaint at Chitawa police station in Nagaur district in August but the SHO concerned did not take any action.

    A departmental inquiry has been initiated against the three officials — Saini, the constable, and the Chitawa SHO.

    Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has also taken cognisance of the matter and sought a report in three days.

  • Eight charged under POCSO Act for parading six minor girls naked in MP village

    By PTI

    DAMOH: A criminal case has been filed against eight persons, including six women, in connection with an incident in a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district where minor girls were paraded naked as part of a ritual to appease the rain god and bring showers in the area, police said on Friday.

    The eight accused allegedly paraded six minor girls naked and also filmed the act on Sunday in Baniya village under the Jabera police station area, about 50km from the Damoh district headquarters, on Sunday, they said.

    They were charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and also relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Juvenile Justice Act on late Thursday night, Damoh Superintendent of Police (SP) DR Teniwar told PTI.

    Damoh Additional Superintendent of Police Shiv Kumar Singh said efforts were on to arrest the accused.

    Baniya village and surrounding areas are facing a drought-like situation and locals believe the ritual will please the rain god and bring showers, the police said.

    After the incident came to light, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) sent a notice and sought a report from the Damoh district administration within ten days, officials said.

    The Damoh administration is yet to reply to the notice, they added