Lucknow: Senior BSP leaders will be charged with certain sections of POCSO Act in the FIR against them for their alleged objectionable remarks against expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh's wife and daughter.
Police sources said, "Sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act will be included against some BSP leaders in the FIR lodged by Dayashankar's mother Tetra Devi on July 22."
As per sub-section (1) of section 11 of POCSO Act, 2012, a person is said to have committed sexual harassment on a child when such person, with sexual intent, utters any word or makes any sound or gesture or exhibits any object or part of body with the intention that such word or sound shall be heard, or such gesture or object or part of body shall be seen by the child.
The 78-year-old mother of Dayashankar had lodged the FIR at the Hazratganj police station against BSP supremo Mayawati, state BSP chief Ram Achal Rajbhar, national general secretary Naseemuddin Siddiqui and national secretary Mewalal besides some unknown workers.
Dayashankar's wife Swati had been demanding inclusion of POCSO Act sections against the BSP leaders who allegedly made derogatory comments against her 12-year-old daughter and mother-in-law.
The POCSO Act was brought by the UPA government in 2012 to effectively deal with cases of sexual exploitation of children, especially minor girls.
An FIR was filed against Dayashankar on July 20 on the basis of a complaint filed by Mewalal for making derogatory remarks against Mayawati in Mau.
Dayashankar was arrested in Buxar in Bihar and sent to jail on July 29.
(With PTI inputs)
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