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Police booked Mallikarjun Mutya of Mahal Roja Mutt successful Yadgir district, successful Karnataka, nether the POCSO Act aft a video of him allegedly misbehaving with a insignificant miss went viral.
On February 25, the Gogi constabulary booked 30-year-old Mallikarjun Mutya of Mahal Roja Mutt successful Shahapur taluk for allegedly misbehaving with a insignificant miss astatine the mutt, which is astir 16 km from Shahapur, connected February 19.
The video of him behaving successful an allegedly improper mode with the insignificant miss went viral connected societal media platforms, and users discussed the incidental and demanded action.
The constabulary enactment came aft Mallanna Umapathi, 41, Child Development Project Officer, Shahapur, lodged a ailment arsenic per instructions issued by the District Child Welfare Committee, which conducted an enquiry with the miss and her parents arsenic well.
Following the viral video, the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) had registered a suo moto case, and requested the Superintendent of Police Yadgir and District Child Protection Officer (DCPO) to taxable a study connected enactment taken based connected the video, the FIR stated.
A DCPO squad visited the mutt astatine Mahal Roja, and submitted a study to the Deputy Commissioner aft conducting an enquiry with the girl’s parents.
Thereafter, the District Level Coordination Committee, headed by the Deputy Commissioner and comprising the Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer, the Superintendent of Police and the member-secretary of the District Legal Service Authority, held a meeting. They inspected the video and directed the DCPO to behaviour an enquiry, and further directed them to instrumentality enactment based connected the probe report, the FIR stated.
The District Child Protection Officer (DCPO) enquired with the parents and besides the girl, and came to the decision that the accused had intentionally touched the girl, and directed the Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) to lodge a ailment against him.
The accused took the insignificant miss connected his thigh and behaved successful an improper mode with her portion the incidental was filmed by the girl’s relative, who visited the mutt to observe a birthday.
The video was uploaded connected an Instagram relationship with the volition to get much likes, the FIR quoted the girl’s parents arsenic saying.
A lawsuit nether Section 75 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita 2023, and Section 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act 2012 was registered, and an probe is on.
