NATIONAL DATABASE ON SEXUAL OFFENDERS: A NECESSARY REFORM OR NOT?

Author – Surabhi Katyal

In February 2025, an 11-year-old hearing and speech impaired girl from Madhya Pradesh, was brutally raped and murdered by Ramesh Singh, who has a horrifying history of crimes against minors. He had earlier been imprisoned for raping a child, in a separate case sentenced to death for raping another (currently pending appeal), and now has been arrested and charge-sheeted for rape and murder of an 11-year-old child. Simultaneously, the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau’s Child Protection Unit arrested 15 men for repeatedly watching, saving, and sharing child sexual abuse material. Shockingly, the accused were previously linked to 34 earlier cases involving child abuse material. These incidents indicate that repeat sexual offenders continue to evade effective monitoring and remain active within the system.

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