On November 28 last year, the Supreme Court had asked the CBI to probe the alleged abuse of inmates at 17 shelter homes across Bihar listed in a study conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered four cases in alleged harassment cases of children in shelter homes in Bihar. Cases have been registered in connection with alleged abuse and mistreatment of inmates in shelter homes in Bihar's Patna, Muzaffarpur and Kaimur districts.
"Two cases have been registered against shelter homes in Munger and Bhagalpur where alleged harassment of children took place," the CBI stated.
According to the FIR, these shelter homes were being run in violation of provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015, besides being involved in financial irregularities.
On November 28 last year, the Supreme Court had asked the CBI to probe the alleged abuse of inmates at 17 shelter homes across Bihar listed in a study conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).
Most of these shelter homes are for boys. Preliminary inquiry conducted by TISS stated that the women staffers of these shelter homes asked the boys to send lewd messages to other women.
The TISS report had claimed in its report that the boys in the shelter homes were forced to work for respective superintendents whose residential quarters would be in the same premises.
On Tuesday, the CBI had also registered four FIRs against different shelter homes that included Samaj Samiti Boys' Children Home in Bhagalpur and House Mother of Children Home in Gaya for physically and mentally assaulting inmates.
These actions were taken in addition to the CBI's ongoing probe into the case of sexual exploitation of minor girls at a Muzaffarpur shelter home in which the CBI has registered two separate FIRs.
The Muzaffarpur case caught national attention last year after the TISS study highlighted that of the 42 girls lodged at the short-stay home run by an NGO, 34 were found to have been sexually assaulted. The shelter home was being run by Brajesh Thakur.
An FIR was lodged against 11 people, including Thakur, on May 31. The probe was later taken over by the CBI.
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According to the FIR, the accused shelter homes were being run in violation of provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015, besides being involved in financial irregularities.
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