Child Rights in India

[darshan]

islamists aren't afraid of jails when it comes to grooming jihad. How does one deal with that?

West Bengal: Police arrest one Mohammad Hanif for rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl, was living as Ram Kumar for 12 years
https://www.opindia.com/2021/02/child-r ... n-kolkata/
Days after a 9-year-old girl was raped and murdered in Jorabagan in North Kolkata, the police have arrested an accused named Mohammed Hanif. And now it has emerged that he has been living under a Hindu alias for 12 long years, reported The Times of India.

As per reports, the minor girl had accompanied her elder sister from her home in Sovabazar to her maternal uncle’s house on February 3. However, after 5 minutes of her arrival, the victim went outdoors to play with her friends. According to the police, the girl went into another building to play hide and seek. It was then that the accused, who worked as a security guard, lured the victim by offering chips and biriyani.
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[darshan]

UP Police nab 3 persons for trafficking 15 minor children from Bihar to Delhi, rescue the children from a bus
https://www.opindia.com/2021/03/up-poli ... -children/

As per reports, the accused have been identified as Sayyaz Alam, Deepak Rishi and Vikrant Mandal. The child traffickers had gathered 15 children from different parts of Bihar under the pretext of offering them jobs. They claimed to have the consent of the family members of the victims, before boarding them on a bus. The accused were apprehended in Gorakhpur while they were trying to smuggle the children.

On interrogating accused Sayyaz Alam, he confessed to smuggling 6 children from Bihar to Jaipur. He admitted that he had two minor in his possession. It must be mentioned that Alam is a neighbour of the two underage children. In his defence, he claimed that the other children had come along with him in search of work with consent from their family members.

The other accused, named Deepak Rishi, also trafficked 4 children to put them in dairy shops. He claimed to have travelled with the children for the first time, in search of jobs. SP Mahendra Pal Singh said that the accused had been smuggling children to the National Capital in exchange for a commission.

[Jarita]

https://www.news18.com/news/world/cbi-a ... 86630.html

This is related to the dark web and monetization of severe child abuse. Indian kids are severe victims

The CBI has arrested a Goa-based man for allegedly sexually abusing 25-30 children and selling videos of his illicit acts to Indians and foreigners through the dark web and social media platforms, officials said on Tuesday. The accused, a 29-year-old chef in a hotel in Goa, was booked by the CBI on June 22, 2020 after the agency got leads about his activities during the probe against a Chitrakoot-based alleged paedophile who was an engineer in the Uttar Pradesh irrigation department, they said. In the past year, the CBI searched for the victims of the alleged paedophile, whose name is being withheld as the probe is at a sensitive stage. The agency managed to identify about 25 victims, in the age group of 12-21 years.

[Jarita]

What's wrong with us.. I also shudder to think of the abuse the child must have endured growing up with such a parent. Never forget that corporal punishment is a continuum. It can build up to so much more. We really need to sensitize parents and families.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/ma ... 614054301b

Dewas (Madhya Pradesh): A 45-year-old man allegedly chopped off his minor son's hands and strangled him to death after the latter saw him in a compromising position with a relative in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district, police said on Saturday.

[ramana]

CJI Chandrachud wants govt to revise age of consent in POCSO Act.
This is tantamount to encouraging sex abuse of minors.

[vera_k]

Puzzling over this one. POSCO raised the age of consent to 18 from 16. Think a Romeo and Juliet type law would work to avoid the problem of prosecuting teenagers who get into relationships.