The father of a student in south India has
complained to police after Internet users
circulated a photo of his daughter on
social media claiming it was the Amanat
(NOT her real name), officers said on
Friday.
A picture tribute to the dead Delhi
woman, who was repeatedly raped on a
moving bus on December 16 and thrown
out of the vehicle in a crime that appalled
the nation, has gone viral on Facebook.
Her name and identity have been
withheld by police and the media in line
with a law that entitles victims of sex
crime and their families to anonymity to
protect them from social stigma.
Vinayakumar, an assistant commissioner
in the cyber crime unit of Kerala police in
south India, said that the photo used in
the Facebook tribute was a fake and had
caused distress.
"We have received a complaint from the
father stating that the photograph
uploaded on Facebook as the Delhi rape
victim picture was fake," the officer, who
goes by one name, told AFP.
"The picture used was his daughter's
photograph uploaded with her Facebook
profile. We have directed Facebook
officials to delete the photograph and
help us to track the culprits," he added.
The brutal gang-rape of the 23-year-old
medical student in New Delhi on
December 16 has led to a bout of national
soul-searching over the treatment of
women in Indian society and provoked
daily protests.
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