The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has written to the Rajasthan police objecting to alleged inappropriate behaviour of some tourists with a 13-year-old girl during a cultural performance at a resort in the State.
Personal visit
“I was on a personal visit to Chokhi Dhani in Jaipur. I noticed that during a cultural performance a young girl was being made to dance and was surrounded by men, apparently tourists,” DCW Chief Swati Maliwal said in the letter to Rajasthan Director General of Police Manoj Bhatt.
Performing troupe
“Those men were showering currency notes on her, and were touching, pulling and caressing her while dancing with her. I was horrified at the audacity of the men in the performing troupe who were making her dance and encouraging such acts. The girl told me she is 13-year-old,” she added.
POCSO Act
Ms. Maliwal also said as per the provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, anyone who witnesses such acts is duty-bound to report the same to law enforcement agencies.
File FIR
The DCW Chief has demanded that the Rajasthan police file a first information report under relevant sections of POCSO Act, Child Labour Act and IPC in connection with the matter.
