Rape is the fourth most common crime against women in India. On an average every day roughly 88 cases are registered by the victims throughout the country. According to National Crime Records Bureau(NCRB) 2019 statistics Rajasthan was the recorded as the highest state with rape cases(15.9), with states like Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Kerala following. In 2018, every fourth rape victim in India was a minor while more than 50 per cent of them fell in the age category of 18 to 30 years, according to the National Crime Records Bureau data. The NCRB data also showed that in almost 94 out of 100 rape cases, the victim were known to the offenders.
A few days before Kolkata, an incident of raping an eight-year-old girl came to light. The news came that the girl was brutally beaten to death i.e murdered after raping her. People are furious about this matter and are protesting against it and seeking justice for the innocent. Many social media users are sharing the picture of a girl and asking for justice. In the picture, a girl wearing school uniform can be seen. It is being claimed that she is the same minor girl with whom she has been humiliated in North Kolkata recently. Several people along with the picture of the little girl are also sharing the post from the ‘The Times of India’ of the same incident to validate the mishap.
The Anti Fake News War Room(AFWA) has found that the ongoing protest against the rape victim is using the wrong photo of a minor girl, from Etah, Uttar Pradesh, who allegedly committed suicide in October 2020. The girl from the picture is in no way related with the rape case in Bengal. According to a report published on October 27, 2020, a 15-year-old teenager, seen in the picture, committed suicide by jumping from the building of an under-construction hospital in Etah. A man used to molest the girl constantly, due to which she gave up her life. A man used to molest the girl constantly, due to which she gave up her life. It also has been reported in the reports that the man was accused of sexually assaulting the girl. He also blackmailed the victim through photographs. No specific information was revealed by then but the family members of the victim claimed that she was raped and murdered. People protested against this too.
According to the sources the case from Kolkata is of an eight year old, Jorabagan area, where two security guards lured her in and indulged themselves in this heinous crime and hard heartedly raped and murdered the child.
