PTI, KOLKATA, JUNE 21, 2025 : The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) has issued a show-cause notice to BJP leader Amit Malviya for allegedly revealing the identity of a minor girl whose body was recovered from her residence in Canning, South 24 Parganas district, an official said.
Malviya, who is the in-charge of BJP’s national information and technology wing and co-in-charge of the party’s West Bengal unit, had recently posted on his X handle that the girl was “gangraped and murdered.”
He also shared a blurred photograph of the deceased minor and claimed that women in the state were unsafe.
Taking suo motu cognisance of the post, the WBCPCR issued the show-cause notice on Friday, asking Malviya to respond within three days, which is Monday.
“The WBCPCR has taken suo motu cognisance of the post by Malviya wherein the identity of a deceased minor girl was disclosed, thereby violating Section 74 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of the Children) Act, 2015. The Commission has issued a show-cause notice to Shri Amit Malviya in this matter and asked for a reply within three days,” WBCPCR chairperson Tulika Das wrote.
Police claimed that the girl died allegedly by consuming poison and post-mortem examination dismissed any signs of sexual assault.
IANS, Kolkata, 21 June, 2025: The National Commission for Women (NCW), has taken suo motu cognisance of a case of the mysterious death of a minor girl at Canning in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal earlier last week.
Informing this NCW member Archana Majumdar told the media persons, on Saturday evening, that on June 23 she will be going to Canning and meet the family members of the victim minor girl.
“The commission had taken suo motu cognizance in the matter. I will be meeting the parents and the other family members of the victim minor girls. The next course of action will be decided based on their feedback,” Majumdar said on Saturday evening.
On June 16, the body of the minor girl was recovered from her residence at Canning. Based on some local media reports as well as claims made by some local people, Majumdar stated on June 19 that the minor girl was a victim of rape and murder.
At the same time, in her statement, Majumdar requested West Bengal Police to take appropriate action in the matter.
Things turned complicated earlier this week as the district police informed that the cause of the death was because of consumption of some poisonous item and also claimed that the post-mortem report did not mention about any sexual assault on her.
Meanwhile, the police also filed cases against those sharing the photos of the victim minor girl on social media.
In fact BJP’s Information Technology Cell chief and the party’s central observer for West Bengal, Amit Malviya, too faced the ire of the West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) on the same grounds, despite the picture posted by him on the wall of his official X handle was totally blurred to prevent the identity of the victim being revealed.
However, WBCPCR alleged that despite being blurred, the victim could be recognized in the picture posted by Malviya. WBCPCR had also sent notice to Malviya on the matter.