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WBCPCR issues show-cause notice to BJP leader Amit Malviya over minor's identity disclosure
The West Bengal Commission for Protection of
Child Rights
(
WBCPCR
) has issued a show-cause notice to
BJP leader
Amit Malviya for allegedly revealing the identity of a minor girl whose body was recovered from her residence in Canning, South 24 Parganas district, an official said.
Malviya, who is the in-charge of BJP's national information and technology wing and co-in-charge of the party's West Bengal unit, had recently posted on his X handle that the girl was "gangraped and murdered."
He also shared a blurred photograph of the deceased minor and claimed that women in the state were unsafe.
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Taking suo motu cognisance of the post, the WBCPCR issued the show-cause notice on Friday, asking Malviya to respond within three days, which is Monday.
"The WBCPCR has taken suo motu cognisance of the post by Malviya wherein the identity of a deceased minor girl was disclosed, thereby violating Section 74 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of the Children) Act, 2015. The Commission has issued a show-cause notice to Shri
Amit Malviya
in this matter and asked for a reply within three days," WBCPCR chairperson Tulika Das wrote.
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Police claimed that the girl died allegedly by consuming poison and post-mortem examination dismissed any signs of sexual assault.
