Internal inquiry ordered after rape survivor’s statement leaked online

CHENNAI: The Greater Chennai Police (GCP) has ordered an internal inquiry to probe the leak of audio clips recorded when a 10-year-old rape survivor was giving her statement to the investigating officer. The statement pertains to a Pocso Act case filed at Anna Nagar All Women Police Station (AWPS) on August 30.

The audio file has been circulating on social media since about four days ago. Since the Pocso Act mandates that the identity of the survivor must be protected from the public and media, the leak of the audio clip is in violation of the law.