Singer Papon Accused of Sexually Abusing Minor in Reality Show
New Delhi: A Supreme Court lawyer has moved the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights against singer Angarag Papon Mahanta, accusing him of sexually assaulting a minor girl.
Runa Bhuyan has requested the child rights body to initiate an inquiry against the singer and said minor girls are unsafe while participating in such reality television shows.
New Delhi: A Supreme Court lawyer has moved the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights against singer Angarag Papon Mahanta, accusing him of sexually assaulting a minor girl.
Runa Bhuyan has requested the child rights body to initiate an inquiry against the singer and said minor girls are unsafe while participating in such reality television shows.
The complaint to NCPCR states that singer has committed “sexual assault on the minor girl” and therefore an inquiry must be ordered into the incident.
The commission has also been requested to “spell out proper guidelines to protect children from such untoward incident/sexual assault in reality shows across India.”
A video was uploaded on Papon’s official Facebook page in which the singer was seen applying colour on a female contestant’s face and kissing her. The complainant found the act objectionable. Papon is a judge in singing reality show ‘Voice of India Kids’.
