The Jammu and Kashmir High Court ordered Youtube, Facebook and Twitter on Friday to remove all posts from their platforms which disclosed the identity of a three-year-old victim of rape in Bandipora district of the state.

Posts, pictures and videos were also shared on social media platforms which lead to the revelation of the infant victim. The court has also directed YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to remove all the content “which tend to disclose the identity and name of the infant victim of the sexual violence.”

The division bench comprising of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Tashi Rabstan also issued notices to five Kashmir valley-based newspapers for disclosing the young girl's identity.

The notice has been issued by a division bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Tashi Rabstan to three Srinagar-based English dailies—Kashmir Observer, Kashmir Vision, Kashmir Glory—and two Urdu newspapers—Daily Afaaq and Daily Ilhaaq under Section 23 of POCSO Act.

The newspapers had revealed the identity of the victim either by publishing pictures or mentioning the name of the victim.

The Jammu and Kashmir police has already registered a criminal case against unknown people who have disseminated the real name of the victim.

Senior superintendent of police, Bandipora, Rahul Malik said, “An FIR stands registered to find out the source or individuals who used real name of the victim and made spread it on social media.”