Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual exploitation: CBI takes over probe

The matter had come to light earlier this year when the Bihar Social Welfare Department filed an FIR based on a social audit of the shelter home conducted by a Mumbai-based institute.

The case dates back to 2012 when three girls escaped from Apna Ghar, a shelter home in Rohtak, and lodged a complaint with police helpline alleging sexual assault and brutality inside.

Bihar shelter home sexual abuse. (Representational Image)

The Central Bureau of Investigation has taken over the probe into the alleged abuse of minor girls at a shelter home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, PTI reported. It has been alleged that the girls residing at Balika Grih in Muzaffarpur were exploited mentally, physically and sexually.

“It is alleged that officials/employees of girl’s children home run by Seva Sankalp Evam Vikash Samiti used to mentality, physically and sexually exploit the children residing there,” a CBI spokesperson told PTI. The CBI has booked officers and employees of the shelter home.

The matter had come to light after the Bihar Social Welfare Department filed an FIR based on a social audit of the shelter home conducted by Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

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The audit report stated that many girls at the shelter home had complained of sexual abuse. A special investigation team was formed to probe the complaints.

The NGO running the shelter home in Muzaffarpur was blacklisted and the girls were shifted to shelter homes in Patna and Madhubani.

Women staff members of the shelter home and Brajesh Thakur, who ran the NGO, were among those who were arrested by the local police in connection with the case.

(With PTI inputs)

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