Priyank Kanoongo
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EXCLUSIVE: Delhi minor murder was love-jihad? NCPCR chief has THIS to say
Fp Staff •The minor was allegedly killed after being stabbed multiple times, and her head was crushed with a boulder by the accused
Govt takes cognizance of adopted Indian children abandoned in Malta, calls for case details
Ajeyo Basu •The complainant Anjali Pawar is the director of a Pune-based voluntary child rights organisation ‘Sakhee’. She had reportedly contacted the NCPCR through the online complaints system on January 31 regarding the Indian children who were adopted in Malta
Navi Mumbai’s Bethel Gospel Church where kids were sexually abused, demolished after NCPCR intervenes
Fp Staff •The NCPCR took cognizance of the matter after three children living in the shelter filed a complaint against Pastor Rajkumar Yesudasan, alleging that he had been sexually exploiting them. A total of 45 children were rescued from the children’s home run by the Bethel Gospel Church in Navi Mumbai
Delhi has become hub of child trafficking due to state govt’s apathy: NCPCR chief
Fp Staff •According to NCRB data, Delhi recorded 509 human trafficking cases in 2021 with a 73.5 percent rise in cases when compared to the previous year
Protestors stop NCPCR chief’s convoy, wave black flags as team tries to meet murdered teen’s kin
Fp Staff •Before the NCPCR chairperson’s visit to Hooghly district, locals had also staged a protest when a Congress delegation had tried to meet the girl’s family
NCPCR to investigate sexual assault of minor by Muslim cleric, says Priyank Kanoongo
Fp Staff •Police said that the 24-year-old accused cleric has been arrested and cases under section 377 IPC and 6/8 POCSO Act have been registered at Karawal Nagar police station
Madhya Pradesh: School book propagates skull worship with cross in hand, NCPCR issues notice
Fp Staff •"Strict action must be taken against the school. We are issuing notice to the district magistrate to immediately look into it and submit a report to NCPCR," Priyank Kanoongo said
NCPCR to recommend NIA probe in Dumka girl's murder case
Fp Staff •Speaking to PTI, Kanoongo alleged that social media campaigns funded by Bangladesh organisations were on to prove that the girl was not a minor despite her documents saying so
Dumka tribal girl rape-murder: Parents whisked away before NCPCR team arrived, says Priyank Kanoongo
Fp Staff •NCPCR Chairperson Priyank Kanoongo said that the Jharkhand government has been non-cooperative and is obstructing investigation into the rape, murder and hanging of 14-year-old tribal girl in Dumka
NCPCR chief in Jharkhand; to meet investigating officer, family of minor tribal girl raped, hanged from tree in Dumka
Fp Staff •A 14-year-old tribal girl in Dumka district of Jharkhand was raped, hanged from a tree on Friday. The accused, identified as Arman Ansari, has been arrested and a case has been registered under relevant sections of IPC, POCSO and SC&ST Act