POCSO Crime Log: January 2017
The POCSO Crime Log is a monthly chronological listing that tracks POCSO Cases reported in reliable media sources. 10 cases came to our notice in the month of January 2017.
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[6 Feb 2017] Circuit: Tomorrow is Safer Internet Day #SID2017
Lets Unite for a Safer Internet. Tomorrow is Safer Internet Day or as it is known on the twitters -#SID2017. And what better day to launch edition 2 of Circuit – our monthly newsletter on Children, Safety & the Internet. This month it features loads and loads of internet safety resources that you can use...
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[31 Jan 2017]The Catalog: How We Were Beguiled
In this edition of The Catalog, we are taking a look at the confessions of Sunil Rastogi, a serial child sex offender who last week admitted to assaulting over 500 girls. He claims to have a fetish for minors as he believed that they were virgins. He would catch a train to Delhi and prowl...
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How We Were Beguiled: Savile to Rastogi. Why We Fail to Spot the Perpetrator
On 14th January, 2017, the Delhi Police arrested Sunil Rastogi, a tailor from the town of Bilaspur in the National Capital Region on the charges of abduction and sexual assault of girl children in at least 3 cases. Rastogi’s subsequent confession shocked the nation. He claimed to have sexually assaulted a total of over 500...
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[Work With Us] Aarambh India is Looking For a Counselor
Job Summary: The Counselor will be responsible for providing mental health support and therapeutic counselling for child victims of sexual offences and families in the city of Mumbai. The position is a part of the project of creating ‘Child Friendly Systems’ in the city of Mumbai, in partnership with UNICEF. The project involves social work...
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#AarambhIndiaImpact: Forming the National Alliance Against Online Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
On the 16th of January 2017, the Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India hosted the inaugural meeting towards setting up a National Alliance against Online Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation with a specific focus on Child Sexual Abuse Imagery. Hon. Minister of WCD Ms. Maneka Gandhi had 1st announced the formation of...
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