Take down post revealing minor rape victim’s identity: Delhi HC to Rahul Gandhi

PTI, Dec 21, 2023, 5:57 PM IST

The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to take down his social media post which revealed the identity of a minor Dalit girl, raped and murdered in 2021, so that the child’s identity is protected worldwide.

In the post, which stands geo-blocked by social media platform X in the country, Gandhi published a photograph with the parents of the nine-year-old Dalit girl who died under suspicious circumstances on August 1, 2021, with her parents alleging that she was raped, murdered and cremated by a crematorium’s priest in southwest Delhi’s Old Nangal village.

Following the post, Gandhi’s account was suspended by the social media platform for some time but it was subsequently restored.