Authorities Urge Community Leaders to Support Survivors in Sexual Exploitation Case Nagpur/Amravati: The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) and District Child Protection Unit have launched outreach initiatives in Paratwada and Achalpur to engage community leaders and encourage survivors of a sexual exploitation case to come forward and file complaints. Authorities are emphasizing the importance of recording statements from affected families while assuring them of support and confidentiality during the investigation. A breakthrough has been achieved as one minor girl has already provided a statement. A team member revealed that efforts are ongoing to connect with local community leaders, social workers, and religious heads to gather more testimonies from families and their daughters. State Minority Commission Chairman Pyare Khan clarified that all eight survivors involved in the case are from the Muslim community. Addressing a press conference, Khan criticized BJP leader and former MP Navneet Rana for making misleading claims that all survivors were Hindu and none wore burqas. Khan warned that such statements risk inciting communal tensions and called for accountability. Religious leaders in Achalpur-Paratwada have also condemned the scandal, with City Qazi Syed Gaisoddin emphasizing that the case must be viewed as a criminal act rather than a religious issue. Gaisoddin, a 78-year-old cleric, stated that the actions of the accused have damaged the social fabric of the town. He urged strict legal action against the perpetrators, stressing that justice must be delivered swiftly. He also called for police intervention against anyone spreading hatred under the guise of religion.#pyare_khan #navneet_rana #child_welfare_committee #district_child_protection_unit #syed_gaisoddin
