Meerut Shelter Home Sexual Assault Case: Minor Boy Allegedly Sodomised by Security Guard, Probe Underway
The entire nation shook when the shocking case of sexual abuse of the female inmates at Muzaffarpur shelter home case came up.
Meerut, September 3: In another shocking case of sexual assault of an inmate in a government shelter home for children, a 10-year-old boy faced a harrowing time. According to reports, he was sodomised by a security guard at the shelter home in which he was staying.
Investigating officer Pushpendra Kumar said, 'Investigation is underway. Statements will be recorded. We can't disclose details until a probe is completed. We've to submit investigation report by September 4', as quoted in an ANI report. Bihar Shelter Home Rape Case: CBI Collects Evidence from Police, to Meet TISS Audit Team on Muzaffarpur Rapes.
Reportedly, the incident happened in July in Rajkiya Bal Grah in Surajkund area of Meerut. An FIR was filed against the accused and he was arrested. District magistrate highlighted that after the probe into the incident, the victim's allegations were not only proved but the fact that the shelter home staffers tried to hide the matter by burying the issue quietly. Deoria Shelter Home in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur Another Muzaffarpur in Making? 24 Girls Rescued, Search for 15 Underway after Complaints by Inmate
The entire nation shook badly when the shocking case of sexual abuse of the female inmates at Muzaffarpur shelter home case came up. Of the 42 girls lodged at the short-stay home run by an NGO of Thakur, 34 minor girls were found to have been sexually assaulted. The crime came to light after a social audit by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. The shelter home has been sealed. Other shelter homes across the country came under the scanner post this.
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