Maneka Gandhi launches POCSO e-box for children to file complaints of sexual abuse

New Delhi, Aug 26 (ANI): Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi launched a Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses, POCSO e-box, in New Delhi on Friday. POCSO e-box is a platform where a child victim of sexual abuse can report such cases online. It is initiative of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights for direct online reporting of child sexual abuse. Maneka Gandhi said the idea of an e-Box came out of a police initiative in which physical complaint boxes were placed in schools. She also said that this e-Box will make it possible to implement it on a large scale throughout the country. She added that e-Box is very simple to operate and will help to maintain the confidentiality of the complaint.

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