Sunday, 08 August 2021 | PNS | New Delhi
Days after the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) issued a notice to Twitter India seeking action against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for revealing the identity of a minor who was raped and murdered, the micro-blogging platform has taken down his controversial tweet. A click on the tweet led to a message that read, “This tweet violated the Twitter rules.”
Posting a picture of his meeting with the minor’s family earlier on Wednesday, Rahul had tweeted in Hindi, “Parents’ tears are saying only one thing — their daughter, the daughter of this country, deserves justice. And I am with them on this path to justice.”
The action from Twitter comes after the NCPCR had asked the Delhi Police and the microblogging site to take action over Rahul posting the photo of the girl’s family.
Following Rahul’s tweet, a complaint was lodged with the Delhi Police against the Congress leader for disclosing Delhi’s Nangal rape victim’s identity and thus violating section 23 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 74 of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 228A of the IPC.
Meanwhile, a Delhi-based lawyer Vineet Jindal has filed a police complaint against Rahul for disclosing the rape victim’s identity.
