Want to inculcate more sensitivity in cops handling sexual offence cases: HC

REPRIMANDING the police department for disclosing the name of the woman advocate battling for removing her non-consensual intimate pictures and videos, uploaded on digital platforms by her ex-friend, the Madras High Court said it wants to inculcate more sensitivity in the personnel in handling cases of sexual offences.

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Justice N Anand Venkatesh expressed shock over seven male police personnel sitting with the victim woman to watch the intimate videos in order to identify the perpetrator and the disclosure of her name in the FIR. This shows the gross insensitivity on the part of the police while registering the FIR, he said, by revealing the name of the victim, they are causing more