The support centre works on a holistic convergence approach, where victims of POCSO and rape cases in distress receive all necessary help and support in one place, away from police stations and hospitals.
The Sangareddy POCSO court sentenced the convict Itikyala Naveen (30), to 20 years of imprisonment in a rape case of a minor girl reported at Patancheru in 2018.
According to the police, Bhanu Kumar (25), a private employee from the same neighborhood, had obstructed the way of the girl, who was returning from a nearby shop, and made sexual advances towards her
The FIR alleges that the victim was sexually harassed when she went to seek help on February 2. The victim had sought help in a case related to another alleged sexual assault on her.
On a complaint from the mother of the victim the police booked a case under various Sections of POCSO and Indian Penal Code and arrested him on January 19 last year.
Child rape cases, encompassing all forms of penetrative assaults, has registered a rise of 96 per cent from 2016 to 2022, according to an analysis of the NCRB data by child rights NGO CRY.