Bantwal: Twitter users question legitimacy of police booking minor under POCSO
#WhyPOCSOonJuvenile goes trending in Karnataka
Bantwal: Hashtag #WhyPOCSOonJuvenile went trending in Karnataka on micro-blogging site Twitter on Tuesday evening as several users raised questions over, booking of a minor under POCSO Act in Bantwal Taluk of Dakshina Kannada here.
According to the reports, a minor boy who was in April thrashed by a Bajrang Dal leader, and his three minor friends, was booked under POCSO Act for allegedly sending explicit content to a girl on messaging app. He was later arrested and sent to Juvenile home.
Taking note of the development, the users questioned why the minor boy was booked under the stringent POCSO Act.
Earlier, a video of Bajrang Dal leader Dinesh and three others thrashing the boy had gone viral in local social media groups after which Dinesh and others were arrested by police following a complaint by the boy’s family in May last week.
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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
