Twenty-four girls were rescued from a shelter home in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, and three people arrested following an allegation of sexual exploitation of the inmates. Eighteen inmates, however, were missing, police said on Monday.
“Twenty-four girls were rescued on Sunday from the shelter home on station road in the name of Ma Vindhyawasini Mahila Prakishan Evam Samaj Sewa Sansthan and 18 inmates are missing. We have sealed it,” Superintendent of Police Rohan P. Kanay said.
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The matter comes in the backdrop of the alleged sexual abuse of girls at a State-funded shelter home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur which led to a public outcry. Sexual abuse of 34 inmates out of 42 was confirmed in medical examination.
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