Akshay shared that ..When I was a very young kid, a lift-man once touched me inappropriately. Since I had good communication with my parents, I told them about this incident,” he said.
The person was apprehended in yet another case. “Later the same person was caught in another case and was found to be a habitual offender,” the actor added.
According to a 2013 study by the Indian Journal of Psychiatry, half of all children in the country have experienced some form of sexual abuse. One in five has experienced a severe form of abuse. And the number of cases reported between 2001 and 2011 — only 48,000.
A recent survey by humanitarian organisation World Vision India across 26 states in India revealed that one in every two children is a victim of child sexual abuse.
