#JusticeForKeralaGirls trends on Twitter but why? All you need to know-

New Delhi, July 13: #JusticeForKeralaGirls was trending on Twitter on Monday afternoon. The massive trend comes after there have been surges in cases of molestation, rapes, sexual assault, and crime against women, girls, and minors in the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government.

 

 

 

Last week, on July 5, Kerala police arrested a local worker of DYFI, the youth wing of the ruling CPI(M), for allegedly hanging a six-year-old girl after raping her. As per the police, Arjun (22) a resident of the Idukki district, repeatedly sexually abused the girl for three years- identified as ‘Vandi Periyar’ before killing her. The minor girl’s body was found hanging in a room at her parents’ quarters.

 

 

According to the official website of Kerala Police, till May 2021, 886 rape cases, 1437 molestation cases, 75 kidnapping cases, 149 molestation cases, 1159 domestic violence cases, and 1502 other offences were registered in the state. Overall, the number of crimes registered in the first 5 months of 2021 alone is 5208. Last year, 12,659 cases of crimes against women came to light in Kerala.

 

 

Following the brutal incident of the 6-year-old being raped and murdered, BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya took to Twitter and slammed the Kerala model of CPI(M) that is routinely hailed by their supporters and admirers.

 

 

"CPIM’s #KeralaModel has made the State unsafe for women and young girls. The numbers will shock you. – 23,002 Molestation – 10,433 Rapes – 6,220 Child rapes – 75,180 Cognizable crimes against women and 20,497 against children Dalit women are easy targets. #JusticeForKeralaGirls," Malviya tweeted.