Patna: Six out of seven girls, including five victims of the infamous Muzaffarpur shelter home sex abuse case who were missing from a shelter home in Mokama in Bihar have been found, police said on Saturday. According to SSP Babu Ram, the girls have been found in Sakatpur of Darbhanga district. Seven girls including five victims of Muzaffarpur shelter home sex abuse case had run away from Mokama’s Baal Griha, a shelter home run by Nazareth Hospital Society.
The matter came to light on Saturday when the authorities of Nazareth Hospital Society, an NGO, found the grill of the main gate of the shelter home cut, following which they did a head count of the girls staying there and found that seven of them, including five victims from the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal were missing. It is being alleged the seven girls manage to run away due to the sheer laxity shown by the authorities of Nazareth Hospital Society, which is also accused of not cooperating with the police in their investigation. Five girls were shifted to Nazareth Hospital Society from Seva Sankalp Evam Vikas Samiti, Muzaffarpur, in August last year after their ordeal of sexual abuse was highlighted in the audit report of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).
Meanwhile, the 12 accused, lodged at the Muzaffarpur central jail, were taken to New Delhi to produce in Saket court on Saturday, and were sent to Tihar jail. The main accused, Brajesh Thakur, lodged at a Patiala jail, too, was produced in Saket court, and was later sent to Tihar. They will be produced in court again on Monday. In another development, a special POCSO court in Delhi will hear the Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual assault case on Monday (Feb 25).
