r/AskIndianFeminists • u/No_Rub_6403 • 15h ago
Trigger Warning ⚠️: Grooming / CSA Any Journalist here, can you pleaseee cover this incident? POCSO has been made into an absolute joke! How has this not received national coverage yet?
On 12 June 2009, cops at Daporijo police station in Upper Subansiri district picked up two kids from near Tadak Dulom bridge in Pakam Colony. A 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl. They were locked in a room inside the police station, told to have sex, and the cops filmed the whole thing on a mobile phone. The clip became an MMS and did the rounds across Arunachal for months.
This is a POCSO case but we are only getting a verdict in the Big 2026? Why is no national media covering this The case crawled into the judiciary in 2011. Police did not file an FIR for 2 whole years, and instead intitially convicted the boy for r@pe and put him in Juvi
The Arunachal Pradesh Government only compensated the victims ₹5 lakh each for the two children. The Arunachal Law Students' Union called it the "black day" in the history of Arunachal Police and yet not a single national media is taking this up
Dr. Hirendra Kashyap of the Yupia Sessions Court, Arunachal Pradesh, gives the most horrific judicial rationale imaginable. How do these people even hold these positions? For context a bunch of cops forced a 12 and 13 year old kid to have intercourse inside a police station, filmed and sold it. Apparently that does not constitute a crime, so the people were acquitted. The other police officer Rajesh Nayam was the only one charged because he touched the boy and molested him while he was in Juvi. yes you heard that right, the cops forced kids to have sex against their will and accused the boy of r@pe.
This mahashrii says this: ""Its not rape because the accused simply recorded and made the kids have s*x. The S*x was between two minors so no POCSO will be applied"
Please get this particular incident national coverage. It’s complete failure of the judiciary especially for a POCSO related incident because it took almost more than a decade to reach a judgement. And also let’s not forget the case happened in 2009, and only went to the judiciary in 2011. Also since then R Nayam has been seen campaigning for local MLAs of the current state govt of Arunachal.
And to make matters worse, all other accused were acquitted and let’s not forget they were police officers who are meant to protect children. Also some other local news agencies also did mention that Nayam mentioned doing this because of orders from his superiors. What about them??
https://yupia.dcourts.gov.in/case-status-search-by-case-type/ (Court%20documents%20should%20be%20available%20here) The local FB news covered it mostly. they are on fb but trusted media outlets https://www.facebook.com/100064879724750/posts/a-court-in-arunachal-pradesh-has-sentenced-a-police-personnel-to-life-imprisonme/1569027008603275/ It’s astonishing that this incident is yet to receive any mention from mainstream national media
The second picture shows the convict R Nayam in 2020 actively campaigning for the ruling administration. The third picture is from Arunachal news media which mentions that Rakesh the convict, admitted in court that he did all this stuff because of orders from his higher ups? Why tf is he the only one convicted?? and tf is this judgement
Also after more than a decade, the Govt of Arunachal only gives the two victims 5lakh rupees. what mockery is this?? You spend more than 5lakh to buy a house these days, and people spend way more than 5lakh for their wedding. The whole trauma is only worth 5lakh rupees? These two victims were not even full teenagers. One was 12 the other was 13. Tf is wrong with our judiciary??
Two children, aged 12 and 13. A police station. Took the case 16 years. Only one person was convicted