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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Staff Reporter

Child rights panel seeks report on POCSO victim’s death

The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has registered a case on its own in connection with the death of an 18-year-old girl at Tenhipalam who had been raped by different men in the last two years.

Commission member Babitha Balraj has sought report from the Child Welfare Committee and the District Police Chief of Kozhikode in connection with the girl’s death.

There were half a dozen cases involving various sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in connection with the sexual exploitation the girl under went during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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