This incident follows the suicide of Aditya Prabhu, who tragically ended his life on his birthday on July 17 and who had reportedly been caught with a mobile phone in the examination hall.
Child rights activist and director of the Child Rights Trust Nagasimha G Rao told BM that there has been a rise in cases where juveniles are the accused in sexual harassment cases. He says that the numbers have gone up post covid lockdown. He even requested the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights that the POCSO Act be taught in schools.