A minor boy sexually assaulted in a Police Station in Kasganj
Case Details: A 13-year-old boy allegedly sexually assaulted by UP head constable posted in Kasganj. The accused head constable had been suspended after the allegations surfaced. The victim had come to his father in Sikandarpur Vaishya Police Station who was in custody related to a construction pertaining case.
The is the content analysis of the same news from three different sources, i.e., The Hindustan Times, The Times of India and UC News.
The Hindustan Times:
The Hindustan Times commenced the story with a headline, “UP head constable booked for the sexual attempt on the minor boy. The story was not covered in approximate 250 words on the HT website.
Image: There was no particular image was used to convey the story.
Content: The story was smartly infused with keywords and long-tail keywords like UP case, minor boy, sexually assaulted, 13 years old boy.The news was broke down in short paragraphs, to make it less dense and easily readable.
The story is substantiated with an adequate direct quote of the minor’s family along with the Superintendent of Police (SP).
The Times of India
The Times of India wrote the headline that, “head constable held for raping 13-year old.”
Image: A symbolic image was used to covey and compliment the story, along with the a brief a caption.
Content: Various keywords are used as the head constable, allegedly raping, preliminary report to augment its online visibility and its search engine ranking.
UC NEWS:
UC News came with a headline, “UP head constable booked for sexual assault on a minor boy. The story was taken from the Hindustan Times.
Image: No image was used like in The HT.
Content: The content was the same as that of the HT, but there was one difference. Various hashtags were given at the end for the search engine optimization. For instance, there were hashtags #head constable, #sexual assault, #kasganj, and # superintendent of police.
What is gender-based violence?
Gender-Based Violence explains the phenomenon of violence inflicted on any person due to gender. It is a wrong notion these that only women are the victims of such violence, the person can be a male, a female, or a transgender,
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