Activist Rehana Fathima surrendered before Ernakulam Town South police, the Supreme Court had rejected her anticipatory bail plea on Friday. She surrendered on Saturday afternoon in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act case.
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Body Art: Activist Rehana Fathima surrenders before Ernakulum Police in kids painting video case
Kochi: Activist Rehana Fathima surrendered before Ernakulam Town South police, the Supreme Court had rejected her anticipatory bail plea on Friday. She surrendered on Saturday afternoon in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act case. The New Indian Express reported. The case was filed against her for circulating a video in which her children were seen painting on her semi-nude body.
Times of India Reported: “After the Supreme Court rejected anticipatory bail, she was summoned to the police station,” the police said. “After appearing before us, we recorded her statement. She will be produced before the magistrate court to be remanded in the case.”
I think he should grow up knowing about his mother’s body, what it is and what it is not. Instead of getting information about women’s bodies from temple sculptures and pornography, it’s better that he learns about womanhood from his mother. What I am saying is that all nudity need not be tied to sex. I believe that I would be able to make my son understand that,
Rehana had told Times of India.
Rejecting the activist’s bail plea, the Supreme Court bench of Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari, on Friday said the video of Fathima and her children was “clearly obscene” and pornographic.
NDTV reported: Fathima said in her Supreme Court petition, that even goddesses in Kerala were depicted in idols with bare breasts,. “When one prays at the temple the feeling is not of sexual arousal but one of divinity,” she said. “Does female nudity (even when not visible) per se constitute obscenity? (Can) children painting on their mother’s body be concluded to be sexual gratification and child abuse under these stringent laws?”
Police said that further investigation is on. Earlier, Thiruvalla police too had registered a case against Rehana on the same issue after a complaint was filed at the station regarding the video. - Times of India
