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Mahim teen sexually assaults 13-year-old boy, POCSO case filed
Mahim police have registered a case under the POCSO Act after a 13-year-old boy alleged that a 16-year-old teenager forcibly took him to a goat shed near a school in Mahim West…
The Story in Brief
Mahim police have registered a case under the POCSO Act after a 13-year-old boy alleged that a 16-year-old teenager forcibly took him to a goat shed near a school in Mahim West on June 18, sexually assaulted him, and threatened to edit his photos for social media. Police say both accused are being treated as children in conflict with law. Separately, in Behala, Kolkata, a schoolgirl has alleged abduction and gang rape by a friend and two unidentified men after being drugged with sedative-laced chocolate between April 17 and 18.
Kolkata Police registered a case under the BNS and POCSO Act on Wednesday. Trinamool Congress has attacked the new BJP government over the Behala case, questioning its commitment to women's safety. In both cases, police are searching for unidentified suspects and examining evidence.
The Indian Opinion
This story has two troubling elements: the crime itself and the political heat it generates. In Behala, TMC rushed to blame the new BJP government before any investigation. In Mahim, no party grandstanding because the victim is a boy and the accused a minor. Both cases show that child sexual abuse is not an ideological issue but a systemic failure. The test is whether police in both cities identify and arrest the second accused quickly, not just book the first one who was named.
Sources (2): timesofindia.indiatimes.com, millenniumpost.in
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