Chinmayi Sripada Educates People On Sexual Grooming After Fun Bucket Bhargav's Arrest

Singer Chinmayi Sripada talked about sexual grooming of minors and victim-blaming after Tiktoker Fun Bucket Bhargav got arrested for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl.

Sripada in her video posted on April 22, spoke in Telugu and read out a newspapers report of the case which according to her shamed the survivor. Sripada also tweeted about the report and quoted lines translated from Telugu. The newspaper wrote that the survivor's mother "gave her too much independence" and added that this happened because the minor girl's father lives away and " no one is there to raise the kid well."

She read out the report which roughly translates to, " The mother’s overreaction, not minding where the daughter goes, giving complete freedom to the girl.. has led to this incident with Tiktok Bhargav. "

Goes on to give more reasons. ‘Mother spoilt the girl’ is a reason as to why the predator became close to the minor and raped her it seems.

Unfortunately reportage like this hurts women and girls in a country which has a dowry rate card based on the groom’s foreign visa status. pic.twitter.com/HpsbcxtP14

— Chinmayi Sripaada (@Chinmayi) April 21, 2021

Chinmayi Sripada also talked about how single parents are blamed for anything and everything that happens to their children. She said that the newspaper made it seem like because the mother "spoilt" the girl, the predator came close to her and raped her. She wrote, " Unfortunately reportage like this hurts women and girls in a country which has a dowry rate card based on the groom’s foreign visa status."

In the video, Chinmayi Sripada also talked about the prevalence of the dowry system and sexual grooming of children.

What is the allegation against Fun Bucket Bhargav?

Social media celebrity Fun Bucket Bhargav was arrested in Hyderabad on April 21 on the charges of allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl. The police said that the girl is also four months pregnant. A complaint was lodged by the survivor's family after they learned about the pregnancy.

According to the police, Bhargav proposed to the minor and after she refused his advancements, he threatened to leak her personal videos, which he claimed to have, and then allegedly raped her.

What is sexual grooming Chinmayi Sripada talked about?

When an adult establishes a relationship with a minor person to exploit them, manipulate them and sexually abuse them, it is known as sexual grooming. An individual grooming the child can be of any gender and age group.

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