Amid Bois Locker Room fiasco, 14-year-old boy, accused of molesting girl, commits suicide

I know this won't get upvotes, but please share this and tell your friends.

This is especially relevant now considering the bois locker room controversy. It's not upto us to judge who's guilty and not, serious harassment (which has been done on the accused) can lead to serious repercussions. We preach against mob lynching everyday, but essentially do the same things online which lead to suicide.

This is the instagram of his brother, _rishisingh_. He has made a post about giving context over this.

For context, a girl accused the now dead, Manav Singh of harassing and molesting her 2 years ago with no proof. She posted it on her story and used the power to gather a cyber crowd against Manav. Her friends, herself and loads of people who bought into the story recklessly started harassing which affected his mental health, leading to suicide.

After his death, she had the audacity to say if Manav can't handle the pressure, its not her fault. She could have gone to the police, filed a case, etc. But this was not the right move. After his death, she didn't repent for a second or apologize. Her name is nowhere. She'll most likely never be held or even considered wrong in this.

Manav died without ever being proved guilty.

I wanted to make the point here considering the girls locker room thread the other day, where a few people were spreading the agenda about "rape culture" in Indian men. Saying its justified for Indian men to be guilty until proven innocent upon accusations like these.

Please, irrespective of gender, this is not okay, not at all.

If you have an instagram, please share his story, if you can share this post, please do. Its the least we can do.

“Investigation is underway in the matter and since the deceased is a minor, the incident has to be handled carefully,” said Boken. No FIR has been filed in connection with the incident yet.

‘This Doesn’t Prove My Story Wrong’: Minor Girl The accusation of molestation against the teen boy came up against him around the same time that the ‘Boys Locker Room’ scandal triggered massive outrage on social media. On 4 May, as online outrage poured over the chat group on Instagram, in which teen boys from south Delhi schools had allegedly exchanged lewd comments and photos of underage girls, the minor girl took to Instagram, alleging that she was molested two years ago. The incident, she said, happened in the basement of her building. Speaking to The Times of India after the complaint was filed against her, the 17-year-old girl said: “I deactivated my account because of the filth that I was being subjected to after his death. It’s sad that he took this step. But, that doesn’t prove my story wrong," she told the newspaper.

‘Son Trolled Before Suicide’ The father in his complaint sought “legal changes” in the use of social media by teens and asked if disclosures can be allowed without “burden of proof”. Speaking to the newspaper, he said: “It is the responsibility of the social media company, the government and other agencies to stop such rumours and false posts that could take anyone’s life. According to the police, the incident took place in DLF Phase 5, Sector 53. No note has been recovered from the spot. The boy’s phone has been sent to forensic lab for analysis. Meanwhile, in the ‘Boys Locker Room’ case, the Delhi Police have arrested the admin of the Instagram chat group and probe is underway with at least 10 other being interrogated. A minor boy has also been apprehended in connection with the case.