The 15 year old youth was found hanging from a tree at Gurudhi village in Odisha’s Angul district, on June15 and was sent on post mortem by the police in the evening of the same day. Cops suspects murder.
The body of a 15 year old youth was found hanging from a tree by his father. The body was hanging from the ceiling fan of a school in Paradip district of Odisha on Wednesday morning. The father immediately filed an FIR against his son’s death. According to the Abhaychandpur police station inspector Jibanananda Jena,the father claimed this death to be an unnatural one. The body was sent to post mortem by the police to solve this death case of this young youth.
As reported, the tennager was last seen by this family at a musical programme. However, the boy’s maternal uncle alleged that the boy was killed by his foster mother Kuni Behera and father Makara Behera.
“After my sister died under mysterious circumstances 10 years ago, my brother-in-law married again. However, after that they used to ill-treat him on numerous occasions. Yesterday, my nephew bought a new dress on the occasion of the Raja festival with his own money. However, it seems his father and foster mother did not like it and started verbally abusing him,” said the boy’s uncle.
Domestic violence helplines and Counseling ( help provided as per the case of this 15 year old youth was found hanging from a tree)
Violence takes place in all settings: at home, school, childcare institutions, work and in the community. Often violence is perpetrated by someone known to the child.
Millions of children are prone to violence, abuse and exploitation in India. This is a major challenge in implementing the laws of Child Rights. It’s because of inadequate human resource capacity on the ground and quality prevention and rehabilitation services.
Violence against children is widespread and remains a harsh reality for millions of children from all socio-economic groups in India. Both girls and boys in India face early marriage, domestic abuse, sexual violence, violence at home and in school, trafficking, online violence, child labour and bullying. All forms of violence, abuse and exploitation have lifelong consequences on children’s lives.
Anger and shock at child sexual abuse and violence against children are not enough. We all need to come together to #ENDviolence against children.
The core child protection legislation for children is enshrined in four main laws:
- The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act (2000, amended in 2015); The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (2006);
- The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (2012),
- The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act (1986, amended in 2016).
- The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, which is mandatory to report case of abuse against children.
Toll free helpline numbers to protect the tender youth from abuse:
- National Child Helpline – Telephone :1098 (24 hours toll free number)
- Toll free Complaint Cell number 1800-102-7222
- Communities like: https://www.facebook.com/NoMoreMissing1/, which work for free by assisting in sharing information of missing children and try to find them as a community.
- Free online therapy chats in https://www.onlinetherapy.com/free-online-therapy-chat/
