5 specially-abled boys of shelter home in MP dead; 38 hospitalized
The incident was reported at a Special School and Children Home run by the State Women and Child Development Department through an NGO.
The incident was reported at a Special School and Children Home run by the State Women and Child Development Department through an NGO.
The missing girls hailed from multiple states, including Gujarat, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
Meanwhile, Poonam Kapoor, a member of the UP State Women's Commission, told reporters that the girls were probably infected with coronavirus after shelter home staff visited a Kanpur hospital with two girls and came into contact with COVID-19 patients.
A bench of justices L Nageswara Rao, Krishna Murari and S Ravindra Bhat also sought status report from different state governments on steps taken to protect children in shelter homes amid the pandemic.
Accused confesses to his crime; cops zeroed in on number plate of car after scanning CCTV footage. A team of National Commission for Women visited the rape survivor and expressed displeasure over the loopholes in security arrangements at the shelter home
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday took suo motu cognisance of reports of an alleged abuse of minor girls at a shelter home in Tamil Nadu and issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police calling for a detailed report in the matter within four weeks.
Taking quick action in the alleged sex racket in a Deoria shelter home for women, the Uttar Pradesh government transferred the district magistrate and set up an investigation team giving it time till Tuesday to present an interim report.
The case relates to mental, physical and sexual exploitation of the girls residing at Balika Grih, Muzaffarpur
