IANS and TCN News:
The shelter house ‘Baalika Grauh’ a short stay home run by NGO Sewa Sankalp Va Vikas Samiti has now become a horror house due to the horrific crimes committed against the inmates of the home.
The NGO is run by one Brijesh Thakur who runs another shelter home in the same town in Bihar.
The incident of the girls being sexually assaulted, being subjected to rapes, forced abortions and physical tortures came to light by chance a month ago after the Tata Institute of Social sciences conducted a social audit and made a report on the shelter home and based on their conversations with the girls who shared their experiences of sexual assault and physical torture. Soon after the report was submitted a complaint was filed by a government official from the Social Welfare department.
And ever since nearly 10 persons connected with these crimes who were employees of the home have been arrested and a new shocking revelation is coming to light.
40 minor girls have been repeatedly raped by different people, beaten badly if they refused; some girls narrated their horrific experiences. One of them has claimed that one of her fellow inmates have been beaten to death and buried in the premises of the shelter home.
11 women are said to be missing from another home run by Thakur. There is no trace of these women and the NGO that manages it is totally silent over it. The CBI probe is still on tracing these missing women.
According to a politician from the opposition, the rapists are both politicians and government officials which is why the case was being brushed under the carpet even though it came to light in the month of March itself.
And today the main accused Brajesh Thakur has been arrested after a fresh case has been filed against him.
The accused have all been under Section 120(B) (criminal conspiracy), 376 (outraging the modesty of a woman), 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POSCO).
Protests are on from all corners of the nation demanding a honest probe and strict punishment to the guilty; resignation of the Social welfare Department Minister Manju Verma and arrest of her husband who used to also frequent the shelter home.
With a new angle coming up to this shelter house horror crime, it is clear that there is much to be unearthed, uncovered and exposed to provide concrete evidence to nail the accused in the court of law.
