FGM inflicts injury, is an offence under Pocso: Bohra woman in SC | India News – The Times of India

FGM inflicts injury, is an offence under Pocso: Bohra woman in SC | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: A Dawoodi Bohra Muslim woman on Thursday questioned the denominational custom of female genital mutilation (FGM) and said the ritual inflicts bodily injury and irreversible physical and mental trauma on minor girls, which is aviolation of her health and dignity and an offence under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act….

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