Tag: Muzaffarpur shelter home

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.

January 14, 2020

SC holds CBI’s Nageswara Rao guilty of contempt in Muzaffarpur case, fines him Rs 1 lakh

Rao had transferred out AK Sharma despite the Supreme Court’s embargo against the transfer of officials in the Muzaffarpur case.

February 12, 2019

‘God help you, never play with SC order’: CBI’s Nageswara Rao summoned in 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'.

February 7, 2019

Upset over Bihar govt’s ‘inefficiency’, SC entrusts all 17 shelter home probes to CBI

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.

November 28, 2018

Bihar shelter home rapes | ‘Are children not citizens; file correct FIR in 24 hrs’: SC raps Bihar govt

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.

November 27, 2018

CBI conducts search at Muzaffarpur shelter home

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

August 11, 2018

Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual assault case: Under fire, Bihar minister Manju Verma resigns 

Verma’s husband has been accused of having links with the main accused in the Bihar shelter home horror case, Brajesh Thakur.

August 8, 2018

Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal: Six officials suspended for negligence

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.

August 5, 2018

‘Channels’ run amuck

Not for nothing is she still known as Nirbhaya ~ though close to six years have elapsed since the horrific sexual assault that ultimately took her life. So was it really necessary for the apex court to have to drive home what every rookie reporter and “sub” ought to learn during his/her initial journalistic training? …

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August 4, 2018

We are ashamed over Muzaffarpur shelter home incident: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

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.

August 3, 2018

Muzaffarpur shelter home case: 5 more cases of rape confirmed

Days after it came to light that 29 out of 42 inmates of a state-funded shelter home in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar were allegedly raped for months, the medical report of more girls have revealed that five more girls of the shelter had been raped at some point of time. The number of girls who …

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July 28, 2018

CBI probe into Muzaffarpur rapes will reveal truth: Union Minister Ram Kripal Yadav

The Muzaffarpur police has filed a charge sheet against 10 accused, including main accused Brajesh Kumar Thakur.

July 27, 2018