Overview

• The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights served a show-cause notice to BJP IT chief Amit Malviya under Section 74 of the Juvenile Justice Act for posting a blurred photograph that revealed the identity of a deceased minor.
• Malviya’s social media post had alleged the girl was gang-raped and murdered in Canning, South 24-Parganas on June 16 despite no evidence of sexual assault.
• Baruipur Police’s post-mortem report found no signs of rape and determined the cause of death was ingestion of an unknown poison.
• Police registered a criminal case against unidentified individuals for circulating the girl’s photograph online in breach of Supreme Court guidelines and accused them of attempting to incite communal tension.
• Trinamool Congress leaders accused the BJP of spreading misinformation that risked communal harmony in Bengal.