Increase in juvenile rape convicts due to easy access to porn, says child psychiatrist

Agra-based child psychiatrist Dr Divik Seth said the increase in juvenile rape convicts was primarily due to the accessibility of "pornographic content" on their smartphones.

When a police team reached Bhagwan Singh's (name changed) house in Etmadpur area of Agra to search for his 14-year-old son, he could not understand what his son could have done for the cops to come looking for him. However, when the sub-inspector told Singh that his son had raped a girl, he could not believe his ears. Singh's son is now being held at the juvenile correction facility in Agra. In another case, Kasganj resident Ram Pratap Singh's (name changed) 14-year-old son has also been sent to a juvenile home for allegedly raping a minor girl in Agra. Ram Pratap's son had allegedly kidnapped the minor girl with some of his friends and raped her. The sons of Bhagwan Singh and Ram Pratap are among the 50 teenage boys currently held at the juvenile correction facility in Agra for heinous crimes, including rape and murder.