The court warned of action against the government if it is found that there were offences under Section 377 of the IPC and POCSO Act that were not registered in the FIR.
The case came to light when the Bihar Social Welfare Department filed an FIR based on a social audit of the shelter home conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
Social welfare minister Manju Verma had to resign after it became known that her husband was in close touch with the main accused Brijesh Thakur.
An FIR was registered against the former minister and her husband in August under Arms Act, 1959, following the recovery of 50 cartridges from her in-law’s house during a CBI raid.
When the police had raided Verma in connection with the Muzaffarpur shelter home rapes in August, the officials had seized 50 live cartridges from her home.
The Supreme Court had on Tuesday lashed out at the government and the police for failing to arrest former minister Manju Verma.
Bihar’s social welfare minister Manju Verma had to resign after it became known that her husband was in close touch with the main accused Brijesh Thakur.
Bihar’s social welfare minister Manju Verma, who found herself at the centre of controversy as her husband is believed to have links with Muzaffarpur shelter home, had resigned in August.
CBI team questions former JD-U minister for social welfare Damodar Raut at Jamui
Manju Verma resigned on August 8 following allegations that Brajesh Thakur, the main accused in the case, had links with her husband.
