India, Aug. 3 -- The mother of a 15-year-old girl from Noida has made an emotional request for police protection, the withdrawal of the FIR against her daughter, and a safe place for the family to stay. She said they are getting rape and death threats online and cannot go back home or live normally. She also asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "adopt" her daughter.

The controversy began when a video of the teenager making objectionable remarks about the Prime Minister during a protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar went viral. The protest, which took place in late July over issues like the NEET paper leak, led to a Zero FIR in Noida. This was later sent to Delhi Police for investigation because the incident happened in the capital. The girl ...