Baruah won under the journalism category for “her incisive and sensitive reporting of the cause of children” and as an individual making a difference to children’s lives.
They just knew they were meant to be together but their parents and the POCSO Act willed otherwise. Two years after they were caught, Shobhit (changed name), who was sent to a juvenile home on charges of rape, and Shanta (name changed) are now 18 and can t wait to get back together. The case of the couple is emblematic of many innocent young adults caught in this loophole of the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences Act that fixes the age of consent at 18 years, say lawyers and activists.
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Reporting of child sexual abuse spiked in Kashmir after it enacted a law following the Kathua case
There was a more than five-fold rise in the reporting of cases in 2019. Feb 09, 2021 · 09:30 pm People protest against the rape of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir s Kathua. | Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
On July 29, 2020, eight-year-old Irfan was hurrying back home for lunch after attending midday prayers at a mosque in his village in Shopian district in central Jammu and Kashmir. Moazam , 17, who lived near the mosque and was known to Irfan, lured him into his house by asking for help to make a bed. Moazam then raped Irfan, his father told
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