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The rape of another teen by a friend she befriended on a social networking site, yet again emphasises the perils of making friends online. A 17-year-old was allegedly raped at knife-point by her 20-year-old friend, whom she befriended on the social networking site Facebook.
Rosy (name changed), is a first-year-student of the mass media course at Swami Vivekanand College, Chembur. The victim lodged a complaint on Sunday against Pankaj Mishra, a third-year-student of Management Studies course from the same college. Pankaj raped her at his residence on July 21 after which he was apprehended yesterday, B B Rathod, Senior Inspector at Chembur Police Station said.According to police sources, they first met on Facebook a month ago and became friends, and subsequently offered to help her out with an advertising project. "As they met in the college later, they became good friends.
The victim told Mishra that she had to complete one project. Mishra offered tohelp and called her at his home on July 20 saying he had done similar projects
when he was in the first year," Rathod added.
The next day again she went to Mishra's house but this time he forced her to stay back and threatened to hurt her with a knife, police claimed. The police revealed that he took her inside the bedroom of his home and raped her at knifepoint. According to the girl's statement, he also had a condom. The police said that the presence of the condom showed that it was a pre-meditated crime.
The victim added that she was locked inside the room for the entire night, as there was no one at his residence. When MiD DAY asked the victim's father about her absence from home, he said, "I felt she was at her friend's home. I also called her friend, who said that she had gone to some friend's place; hence I did not file a missing persons complaint."
The police added that the victim was taken to Nagpada police hospital for a medical examination and that further probe was on. Meanwhile, the police have booked Pankaj under sections 341 (Punishment for wrongful restraint), 342 (Punishment for wrongful confinement), and 376 (Punishment for rape) of IPC.
The next day again she went to Mishra's house but this time he forced her to stay back and threatened to hurt her with a knife, police claimed. The police revealed that he took her inside the bedroom of his home and raped her at knifepoint. According to the girl's statement, he also had a condom. The police said that the presence of the condom showed that it was a pre-meditated crime.
The victim added that she was locked inside the room for the entire night, as there was no one at his residence. When MiD DAY asked the victim's father about her absence from home, he said, "I felt she was at her friend's home. I also called her friend, who said that she had gone to some friend's place; hence I did not file a missing persons complaint."
The police added that the victim was taken to Nagpada police hospital for a medical examination and that further probe was on. Meanwhile, the police have booked Pankaj under sections 341 (Punishment for wrongful restraint), 342 (Punishment for wrongful confinement), and 376 (Punishment for rape) of IPC.
| The Other Side |
| However, the girl's claims of being locked in the room are being refuted by Pankaj's family. The father states that the entire family was present at home, at the time of the alleged rape. Tej Narayan Mishra, father of the accused, said, "The girl is framing my son. The girl is mentally unstable." |
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Through the advent of the internet, the whole world has shrunk to the size of laptop. People who can connect to other with similar interests thousands of miles, but at the same times, criticism of the internet is existed in order to find the weaknesses in the whole situation. There are many advantages as it can find friends all over the world and social networking site are the website that successfully facilitating the majority of connections.
In a world where people get busier with lives every day, social networking sites do a great job by bringing friends, family and even strangers nearby. Just imagine that we did like to find long lost childhood best friend on social networking sites. Most of people have been through this experience and contrary to popular belief, not all of them are fakes. But behind the excellence of social networking sites, there are hidden agendas that a few people do not realize it’s dangerous.
If the social networking site sound like something that would be interested in, we are encouraged to learn more about it, like the danger of social networking sites. These dangers often involved individuals who claim they are the person does good deed. The reason when a person being threaten or exposed to the danger of real world is when do not uncover self-information. Ideally, no detailed information should be put on. Just adequate the extent of self-information to allow friends knows about us.
The most important matter when dealing with social networking sites is the way we showing the physical or exposed the look of us to unknown individuals. The pictures are loaded up may be the subject of a toy by those who are not responsible for the purpose of embarrassing or insulting. Furthermore, the disorder from people who we do not know can bother the safety and well-being of us. Improbably, it is very little, but in the future it will become grander and bring more harm. We have the right to refuse invitation or solicitation of people who we only recognize through social networking sites.
The main point is how we can become the victim of the state of affairs. The feebleness can be traced when we are too impressed or preoccupied with the person instant we knew. Besides, the lack of communication skills also can be the factor why a person can be the center of threat. A few of people do not have the skill of saying “NO” to opposite side. This is the weakness actually can drag someone to become the victim.
Although, there is no danger within social networking sites can be looked, but it exists in real social networking world. At the times meet new friends in new places, we are advised to proceed with caution steps. The thing that we should do is aware of and around us when speak. The bad thing can happen when we forget ourselves.
Perhaps, one of the most significant things to be focused on along with social networking site is regulating the body’s conference. Incidentally there are many reports, over the last past few years many young people away easily go out from home in hopes of meeting fresh companion, who they thought was their best match friend. Unfortunately, many of them close the friendship tie into sexual predator.
Moreover, the incident happened when we did realize there is no attention from others around us. Beware of the place to meet. Of course, it can be suggested all meet at a location very common.We had better to analyze the risk of to become prey, rather than pleasure to meet. The crime may happen in the quiet place and far away from attention. This is very important fact to take consideration about when to meet new friends.
Likewise, the security considerations should be raised at the top of awareness and do the precautions at the first time knowing process. Regardless of whether we did or not, it is really important to bear in mind to aware the dangers that lurk online, because threat is everywhere, either invisible or visible.
