Delhi court to deliver verdict on Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case on Jan 20
At the shelter home in Muzaffarpur, at least 44 girls – aged seven to fourteen – were allegedly drugged, raped, forced to sleep naked and scalded with boiling water.
At the shelter home in Muzaffarpur, at least 44 girls – aged seven to fourteen – were allegedly drugged, raped, forced to sleep naked and scalded with boiling water.
Rao had transferred out AK Sharma despite the Supreme Court’s embargo against the transfer of officials in the Muzaffarpur case.
Earlier, the court transferred the trial of Muzaffarpur shelter home cases from Patna to Saket POCSO court in Delhi for 'a free and fair trial'.
The apex court on Tuesday slammed the state government over its failure to file a correct FIR and gave a deadline of 24 hours to add charges under Section 377 (rape) of the IPC and the POCSO Act in the FIR.
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.
Since it took over the probe, this is the first time CBI has conducted a search at the shelter home where 34 minor girls were raped
Verma’s husband has been accused of having links with the main accused in the Bihar shelter home horror case, Brajesh Thakur.
All the officials, suspended with immediate effect, have been charged with “failure to take adequate legal action” with regard to “assault, indecent behaviour and other undesirable activities” at shelter homes within their respective areas of jurisdiction.
Not for nothing is she still known as Nirbhaya ~ though close to six years have elapsed since the horrific…
The chief minister said he has asked the state chief secretary to develop institutional mechanisms in consultation with the departments concerned to prevent the recurrence of such incidents.
