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The territory recorded nary important diminution successful the fig of cases of intersexual battle against insignificant children implicit the past year, with the latest information showing that implicit 460 cases were registered nether the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Increased ineligible consciousness among children and timely involution by the authorities person been cited arsenic reasons for much fig of cases getting registered. However, counsellors and instrumentality enforcement officials person expressed interest implicit the emergence successful intersexual battle cases. According to them, the State-level fig during the play stood astatine 4,753 cases, arsenic per State Crime Records Bureau data, and warrants superior attention.
The constabulary officers progressive successful investigations said cases were reported astir arsenic from agrarian and municipality areas of Kozhikode, with victims belonging to divers socio-economic backgrounds implicit the past 3 years.
Official figures amusement that 217 POCSO cases were registered wrong Kozhikode metropolis limits successful 2025, portion 246 cases were reported from agrarian areas during the aforesaid period. Police sources said astir of the suspects had been arrested. Last year, Kozhikode territory reportedly ranked 2nd successful the fig of specified cases, aft Thiruvananthapuram.
A elder schoolhouse counsellor successful Kozhikode territory said that aboriginal involution by schoolhouse counsellors and teachers played a cardinal relation successful stopping maltreatment and bringing perpetrators to justness successful time. She noted that adjacent LKG students were among the survivors and said the resoluteness shown by astir parents to prosecute ineligible enactment was commendable.
Heads of respective precocious schools and higher secondary schools said constabulary efforts to support the individuality of survivors were noteworthy, arsenic this encouraged much victims to travel forward. In immoderate cases, they said, constabulary refrained from disclosing the identities of the accused to forestall indirect recognition of survivors, adding that the media besides exercised restraint.
A elder constabulary serviceman associated with investigations into large cases said the constabulary were pursuing a zero-tolerance attack towards intersexual crimes against minors. He said directions had been issued to fast-track procedures and fortify coordination with kid payment committees and peculiar probe teams to guarantee justness for survivors.
