Ranchi, August 15: The Ranchi district administration on Tuesday recommended the cancellation of registration of shelter home Nirmal Hriday being run by Missionaries of Charity after irregularities including trafficking of children at the shelter home were found during a probe.

Ranchi social welfare officer Kanchan Singh, said that the administration has suggested cancellation of licences of six more shelter homes. Three shelter homes were granted time to improve facilities and the licence cancellation of one shelter home is on hold since it's role in Nirmal Hriday shelter home case is being probed. Check the ANI tweet below:

The RSS on July 12, had said that a thorough probe should be carried out against the Missionaries of Charity (MoC) after a sister of a shelter home run by it in Ranchi was arrested for allegedly selling a child.

Last week a woman staffer and a sister of Nirmal Hriday, a shelter home run by the MoC in Ranchi, were arrested for allegedly selling a child, born to a minor inmate of the home, to a couple.

"It is a serious matter and a thorough inquiry should be carried out against Missionaries of Charity (MoC)," sangh's Delhi unit prachar pramukh Rajiv Tuli said.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das has ordered a probe by the Jharkhand State Child Protection Commission into the incident.

The Missionaries of Charity headquarters in Kolkata had issued a statement last week, saying it would take necessary action to find out the truth. (With Agency Inputs)

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