LONDON, April 19: Amid massive outrage across the country and beyond over the numerous rape cases that have surfaced recently, including the brutal rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said "rape is rape" and should not be politicised.

"When a child is raped... we cannot compare these incidents in numbers for different governments. Rape is rape... How can we accept this?" PM Modi asked on Wednesday.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi has been persistently attacking the Prime Minister and his BJP over the Kathua and Unnao rape cases. On Monday, Mr Gandhi had pointed out on Twitter that there were as many as 19,675 cases of rapes of children in 2016.

The prime minister today said that the recent sexual assaults were a matter of shame for India.

"Every time in our country... it is always the woman who is questioned. The person who is committing these crimes is also someone's son... The rape of a (daughter) is a matter of worry, a shame for the country," PM Modi said during an interaction with the Indian community at London's iconic Central Hall Westminster.

The PM was met by hundreds of protesters as he arrived in London as part of a four day visit today. The protesters displayed photos of the eight-year-old girl from a nomadic Muslim community in Kathua, who was raped and murdered in January, allegedly by a group that included policemen and a former government official.  

PM Modi had last week said that justice will be done and no criminal will be spared, referring to the rape cases that has sparked outrage across India.

 

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Mangaluru (Karnataka), May 4 (PTI): A case has been registered against a person for allegedly posting provocative content on social media in connection with the recent murder of Hindu activist Suhas Shetty.

According to a press release from the commissioner of Police Mangaluru city, two Instagram profiles — “VHP Bajrang Dal Ashoknagar” and “Shankhanada” — shared inflammatory posts that allegedly incited hatred between communities following shetty’s killing.

A case has been registered at Urwa Police Station under Sections 353(1) and 353(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNSS), and the investigation has been transferred to the Mangaluru City Cyber Economic and Narcotics (CEN) Crime Police Station.

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The accused has been identified as Akhilesh (26 years), a resident of Udupi.

He was responsible for operating both the Instagram accounts and posting content that could potentially disrupt communal harmony.

Further investigation is underway.

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