Instagram & Facebook Take Down Rahul Gandhi's Post Revealing Minor Rape Victims' Family Identity

Days after microblogging site unlocked Rahul Gandhi's Twitter handle, now Instagram and Facebook have removed Gandhi's social media post that revealed the identity of minor girl's parents

Rahul Gandhi (File Photo)

New Delhi: Days after microblogging site Twitter unlocked Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi's social media handle, Instagram and Facebook on Friday removed Gandhi's social media post that revealed the identity of the parents of a minor girl who was raped and murdered in Delhi. 

As reported by news agency ANI, Facebook Spokesperson in a statement said, "We have taken action to remove the content as it was in violation of our policies."

Earlier this month, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) issued a notice to Twitter on Wednesday and asked to take action against the Twitter handle of the Wayanad MP for violating the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act by revealing the rape victim’s identity. 

Soon Twitter locked Rahul Gandhi and few other Congress accounts for revealing the identity of the minor rape victim by posting the photograph of her parents on the microblogging site. The locked accounts were restored last week on August 14. 

The entire controversy started when Rahul Gandhi met the girl's family members earlier this month and asserted that he is with them in their fight for justice and "will not back down even an inch". Later, the politician took to the social media along with the picture and said, "The tears of parents are saying only one thing - their daughter, the daughter of this country, deserves justice. And I am with them on this path to justice."

A nine-year-old girl had died under suspicious circumstances in the Cantt area of ​​Delhi recently. According to reports, the Dalit girl was suspected to have been killed in a brutal sexual assault. Her parents have alleged that the priest of the cremation ground in southwest Delhi's Old Nangal village cremated the girl's body without their consent.