Reporting Child Sexual Abuse

Last updated on Jul 13, 2022

[Trigger Warning: The following content contains information on sexual and physical violence which some readers may find disturbing.]

If you find out that child sexual abuse is taking place, you must report it to the police, who in turn must record your complaint in writing. If you don’t, you can be punished with jail time of 6 months or a fine.(( Section 19, The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.)) If you are aware of any incident and are reasonably certain that a child is a victim of any form of sexual abuse please use any of the mentioned ways to contact an authority to help the child out. There are multiple ways to reach out to an authority that will help, so please use any way that suits you the most.

You can complain:

Online:

The government has an online complaint system where you can file your complaint. Your complaint will be filed to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.

Phone:

You can contact the following numbers:

  • National Commission for Protection of Child Rights- 9868235077
  • Childline India (Childline is a helpline for offences committed against children)- 1098

Email:

You can send an email to National Commission for Protection of Child Rights: pocsoebox-ncpcr@gov.in

Police:

Call 100 to contact the police about any information you have about any incident of child sexual abuse. Please read more about Police Complaint here.

Mobile App:

You can download the mobile app called the POCSO e-box (Android users only) and report the abuse directly through it.

Post/Letter/Messenger:

You can write to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights with your complaint or send a messenger to this address:

NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF CHILD RIGHTS (NCPCR)

5th Floor,Chandralok Building 36, Janpath,

New Delhi-110001 India.

Don’t be worried about what will happen to the child once you complain. The child will be taken care of by the local police/Special Juvenile Police who will inform the Child Welfare Committee(( Section 4, The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Rules, 2012.)) who will further appoint a Support Person to assist the child and the family of the child in the legal process that will follow after the complaint.

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Comments

Sarankumar

May 2, 2024

Hi I want to raise a complaint about a video forwarded to me through WhatsApp, wherein an approx. 3 years old girl child is being tourchered by an Psychopath with shaving blade. Baby is bleeding crying. He is twisting her hand an showing the bleeding to the camera. This is a freaky video and am not sure about the age of the video and the source. It was forwarded by a Doctor in our friends group. Please suggest how this case will be taken up or handled further. I can be contacted for any queries or questions.

Alka Manral

August 20, 2024

Immediately report the video to the Cyber Crime Cell. You can file a complaint online through the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (https://cybercrime.gov.in/).
Provide all the details you have, including the video, the WhatsApp number from which it was forwarded, and any other relevant information. You can also contact your nearby police station and provide the evidence you have(screenshots, video) and make it clear that it is child abuse and grevious hurt. You can futher contact the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) via their helpline number 1098.

Prsa

December 8, 2024

Sudhar wife doing busines his children doctor nagaraj manohar punita subashre sujashre subash teacher mudaliyar chetan parmar teacher raja vetan malika krishnan rame damodiran denvandri nadar nitin jaiswal his brother computer teacher now doctor their children family near by brother sister wife husband mother father also saying as computer teacher big aged boys who study 15th raped small primary nursery girls tution classes taken fees for study from small primary nursery girls for money kidnaped killed poisoned food sell girls for money killed their parents took their property broke home took money of raped small primary nursery girl made vehicle accident killed raped small primary nursery girl drug to forget from brain raped small primary nursery girls spoiled full body their drug cause eyes problem stomach aches hair failings etc so many for that raped small nursery girl they hit in head tryed to killed computer teacher teaching to small primary nursery girls give drug before after raped killed small primary nursery girls showing very bad videos in computer to make mind disturb for not studying to small primary nursery girls who come to study take cctv videos of rapes of small primary nursery girls sudhar manohar nagaraj mudaliyar raja nadar nitin jaiswal their parters give money to big aged boys drug street poor boys to follow that poor raped small primary nursery girls followed to school college classes village staying tution following in road from bike road send dogs in road both gender workplaces not allowed to study raped small nursery girl give fees to study in school tution class removed from work making work with big aged boys raped small primary nursery girl the person who sits nearby raped small primary nursery girl disturb giving fearfull bad voices from bad person gang acting as good person from outside hacking phone to know location of raped small primary nursery girls to disturb more in bad voices from bad person that money person raped poor thousands small primary nursery girls took their property money left them in street killed food poisoned give drug before after raped small nursery girl give drug to forget from brain spoiled full body their drug cause eyes problem they hit in head for raped small primary nursery girl sending four five big aged drug boy to raped small primary nursery study girl

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