Goa, Nov. 5 -- SHYAM ZAMBAULIKER

Goa's children are facing an alarming threat of sexual abuse and violence, with a series of disturbing cases involving minors re ported across the State in just six weeks. From tod dlers allegedly subjected to sexual violence to school girls allegedly molested over several years, the incidents expose vulnerabilities in the systems meant to protect children. The concerns have ac quired even greater urgency following the shocking alle gation that a serving Police Inspector attached to the Crime Branch sexually as saulted a 16-year-old girl in side its Ribandar office. The allegation, involving an of ficer entrusted with enforc ing the law, has raised dis turbing questions about the safety of minors even wit...