Tag: Child sexual abuse

Investigators claimed the abduction, rape and killing of the girl was part of a plan to evict the Muslim minority nomadic community. The other incident involves a 16-year-old girl who was allegedly raped last year by a BJP legislator of Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state where the party is currently in power. Little was known about the case till April 8 when the victim attempted to immolate herself near the UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's residence to protest inaction by the police. Modi, who is usually proactive on social media intervening on various issues and deliver speeches almost every other day, was silent on these two cases until Friday, when he declared that there will be justice for the two rape victims. Hindu support is essential for BJP in the Jammu region and the alleged rapist in UP belongs to a powerful caste which backs the party. After Modi's statement promising justice on the two cases, the two ministers in Jammu and Kashmir resigned but only after declaring they acted at the behest of party leaders. In UP, although the legislator has been arrested, he remains a member of the party. But following the two child rape cases and the initial reactions of BJP members, some in India called into question the government's true commitment to protecting girls. After all, this was also not the first time BJP members mismanage sexual violence cases. After all, a rapist is also somebody's son".