Notice issued to Congress president Rahul Gandhi by the Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MSPCR) for uploading a video on his Twitter handle that showed two minors being stripped and assaulted in Wakadi village in Jalgaon.
10 days notice has been given to Gandhi by the commission to respond to the notice demanding why the faces of both children were revealed.
The notice was issued following a complaint on June 19 by Chirabazar resident Amol Jadhav who objected to Gandhi’s video that revealed the identity of both minors.
The Commission observed that under section 74 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2015, no report, inquiry or judicial investigation should reveal the name or address of the minor. It further observed that under Section 23 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, no report or person shall disclose the identity of a minor victim.
Chairman of the Commission Pravin Gughe said,”He uploaded a video that infringed on the right to privacy of children. The video went viral.”
Video posted by Gandhi on June 15 shows that two children stripped & beaten first by a belt and later with a wooden stick by a villager. The children were asked to kneel at the villager, owner of a well where they had gone to take a bath, got a stick to beat them.
He wrote that Dalit children were assaulted for taking a bath in a well and RSS and BJP have been instigating hatred for political gains & the voice should be raised against them.