National Commission for Women Chairperson Rekha Sharma on Sunday said it was “illegal and unfortunate” for Bharatiya Janata Party IT Cell ...
National Commission for Women Chairperson Rekha Sharma on Sunday said it was “illegal and unfortunate” for Bharatiya Janata Party IT Cell head Amit Malviya to have shared a video on Twitter of the 20-year-old Dalit gangrape victim from Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district, The Indian Express reported. The woman died on September 29 after four upper-caste Thakur men gangraped and tortured her.
“If she is a rape victim, then the incident of tweeting the video is really very unfortunate and is also absolutely illegal,” Sharma told the newspaper.
She added that she will personally speak to Malviya and the state police. “If it turns out that she was a rape victim, then the NCW will take the issue forward to its logical end,” she said.
“Courts have said over and over again that a rape victim’s identity cannot be revealed in any which way. When we send statements, we are also very careful to never reveal the identity of a rape victim. The UP Police had issued a statement saying that she was not a victim of rape. Nevertheless there seems to be some confusion. I will be speaking with Amit Malviya as well as the UP Police personally on the matter. If it turns out that she was...
