34 Minor Girls, Not 29, Were Raped in Bihar Shelter Home, Say Police
An FIR was registered on a complaint by the state social welfare department and 10 persons, including the patron of the NGO which ran the shelter home and the then district child protection officer, were arrested.
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Patna: As many as 34 minor girls housed in a state-funded shelter home in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district have been raped as against earlier figure of 29, police said on Saturday.
Muzaffarpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Harpreet Kaur said: "It was not 29, but 34 girls who were raped at the Muzaffarpur shelter home."
Medical examinations of 42 girls last week revealed that 29 of them were raped.
Under pressure from the opposition, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had on Thursday recommended a CBI probe.
The sexual exploitation had come to light in the report of a social audit conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. An FIR was subsequently registered on a complaint by the state social welfare department and 10 persons, including the patron of the NGO which ran the shelter home and the then district child protection officer, were arrested.
The National Human Rights Commission had sent a notice to the Bihar government and the state's police chief in connection with the sexual exploitation, observing that authorities have "failed miserably" in protecting their dignity.
"A shelter home is supposed to give security and protection to girls but under no stretch of imagination, can the shelter home be a playground for predators for their monstrous and vulturous activities, which are against the human dignity and sobriety of the women," the rights panel said.
Muzaffarpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Harpreet Kaur said: "It was not 29, but 34 girls who were raped at the Muzaffarpur shelter home."
Medical examinations of 42 girls last week revealed that 29 of them were raped.
Under pressure from the opposition, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had on Thursday recommended a CBI probe.
The sexual exploitation had come to light in the report of a social audit conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. An FIR was subsequently registered on a complaint by the state social welfare department and 10 persons, including the patron of the NGO which ran the shelter home and the then district child protection officer, were arrested.
The National Human Rights Commission had sent a notice to the Bihar government and the state's police chief in connection with the sexual exploitation, observing that authorities have "failed miserably" in protecting their dignity.
"A shelter home is supposed to give security and protection to girls but under no stretch of imagination, can the shelter home be a playground for predators for their monstrous and vulturous activities, which are against the human dignity and sobriety of the women," the rights panel said.