Twitter takes down
Rahul's post after t POCSO
complaint
PNS NEW DELHI
n,nays after the National
laW Commission for
n,Protection of Child
Rights ,et(NCPCR) issued
a notice to Twitter India
seeking action against
Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi for revealing the
identity of a minor who
was raped reand murdered,
the micro-blogVging
platform has taken down
his controversial tweet. A
click on the tweet led to a
message I'sthat read, "This
tweet violated isthe
Twitter rules."
Posting a picture of
his 5meeting with the
minor's famthily earlier on
Wednesday, Rahul yahad
tweeted in Hindi, "Parents'
tears are saying only one
thing [A— their daughter,
the daughter asofthis
country, deserves justice.
And I am with them on
this erpath to justice."
The action from
Twitter ' 4comes after the
NCPCR had
asked the Delhi Police
and the microblogging
site to take action over
Rahul posting the photo
of the girl's family.
Following Rahul's
tweet, a complaint was
lodged with the Delhi
Police against the
Congress leader for
disclosing Delhi's Nangal
rape victim's identity and
thus violating section 23 of
Protection of Children from
Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act,
74 of Juvenile Justice (Care and
Protection of Children) Act,
228A ofthe IPC.
Meanwhile, a Delhi-based
lawyer Vineet Jindal has filed a
police complaint against Rahul
for disclosing the rape victim's
identity.