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Bengal government asked for ways to ban online 'rape-games'
Thursday February 21, 2013 01:43:02 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata: The West
Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC) has sought a report from
the state government suggesting ways to block on the internet
"rape-games" - the Japanese video games which challenge a player
to rape women.
"The commission has expressed serious concerns over the matter as
there are reports that children, particularly adolescents, are
getting addicted to the rape-games.
"We have asked the home secretary to submit a report in four weeks
on how the games can be blocked using the information technology
act," Sujay Kumar Haldar, commission's joint secretary, told IANS.
WBHRC took suo motu cognisance of the issue after several child
psychiatrists expressed concern and demanded that the game be
blocked on the internet.
One such 3D erotic video game "Rapelay", made by Japanese firm
Illusion and released in April 2006, revolves around a male
character who stalks and rapes a mother and her two daughters.
The game has been banned in several countries including Argentina,
Malaysia and Thailand. Similar forms of the game are available on
the internet.
The games are easily available online with several file sharing
websites offering a free download. Besides, a host of gaming
websites also offer the rape-games online for free.
A Calcutta High Court lawyer said the government has the right to
block the game by using Section 67 of the IT Act 2000.
"The section makes punishable the publication in electronic form
any material which is lascivious or appeals to the prurient
interest or tends to deprave and corrupt people exposed to it, and
carries a maximum punishment of 10 years' imprisonment," he said.
Child psychiatrist and former chairperson of West Bengal Child
Welfare Committee, Hiranmay Saha welcomed the WBHRC's intervention
in the matter.
"I have witnessed several cases where criminal sexual behaviour
manifested in children, particularly adolescents, due to such
games," said Saha, adding that such games affected all age groups,
although their influence is seen most on adolescents.
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