NCPCR summons Facebook officials over Rahul Gandhi's Instagram post

The countrys apex child rights body NCPCR has summoned Facebook officials Tuesday for not responding to its notice flagging Congress leader Rahul Gandhis Instagram post allegedly revealing the identity of a nineyearold rape and murder victimThe latest NCPCR communication to Facebook which owns the photo and videosharing social networking platform Instagram follows its notice seeking action against Gandhis profile for posting a video of the affected familyHowever no replyaction taken report has been received by you the commission said in its followup letterThe commission has now asked Facebook officials to appear at 5 pm Tuesday inperson at the NCPCR Office in Janpath or through video conferencing along with the details of the action takenEarlier the NCPCR had asked Facebook to take appropriate action against the Instagram profile of Gandhi over the alleged violation of provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act 2012 and the Indian Penal Code and demanded the removal of the videoSection 74 of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 prohibits the disclosure of the identity of a child in any form of media and Section 23 of the POCSO Act 2012 also states that no information or photo of a child should be published in any form of media which could reveal the identity of the childThis information under Section 23 of the POCSO Act includes hisher name address photograph family details school neighbourhood or any other particulars which may lead to disclosure of identity of the childOn August 4 the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NCPCR wrote to Twitter asking it to take action against the handle of Gandhi for posting the photo of the familyThe microblogging site blocked the account of Gandhi following the complaint Twitter on its part has said that it has followed the due process as Gandhis tweet on the family of the victim was against its rules and the lawA Congress leader Saturday the account has now been restoredGandhi last week met the family of the nineyearold girl and asserted that he is with them on the path to justice and will not back down even an inchLater he posted a picture of his meeting with the girls parents on Twitter and wrote in Hindi Parents tears are saying only one thing their daughter the daughter of this country deserves justice And I am with them on this path to justiceThe girl died under mysterious circumstances when she went to get water from a cooler at a crematorium in the Old Nangal area in southwest Delhi The girls parents alleged that she was raped and her body forcibly cremated by a crematorium priest who had falsely claimed that she was electrocutedHundreds of locals including the victims parents have been staging a protest near the site of the incident demanding capital punishment for the accusedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever