Easy internet access pollutes youngsters, says Nandkumar Singh Chauhan

The easy access to the internet and smart phones, youngsters has exposed them to obscene content on phones resulting into a negative impact on innocent minds and leads to wickedness said Khandwa MP Nandkumar Singh Chauhan said at Damoh.

The former State BJP chief was answering question by a journalist about the increase in crime against women in Madhya Pradesh.

Newspapers have reported cases where watching obscene content on mobile phones led to commission of crime Chauhan said.

Answering to question of Cyber Cell of police not acting against circulation of obscene videos or pictures, Chauhan replied police cannot check each and every phone.

Chauhan had stirred up a controversy earlier this year when he claimed Pakistan's hand in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl at Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir.

Gang-rape of an eight-year-old girl at Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh on June 26 caused widespread outrage. Half a dozen cases of rape of minor girls have been reported in the state in the last two weeks.

Congress was prompt to react on Chauhan's statement as state Congress spokesperson Manak Agrawal said the rise in crime against women was the failure of the State Government and reasons are not concrete and are only resort to evade from the issue.

Agrawal said that the the Government has failed to instill fear among criminals. Police do not take action and there is no control over law and order situation. This has resulted in the rise in crime against women.

Meanwhile, women Congress workers today staged a protest  near resident of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan against the increase in the number of rape cases.