Yesterday, a shelter home ‘s directors have been arrested after a minor girl complained to the police about the torture and the sexual abuse that the inmates face.
In a scandal similar to the one in a Muzaffarpur shelter home in Bihar, 24 young women were rescued from a shelter home in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria after allegations by the inmates came to light, the Uttar Pradesh said on Monday.
Police also arrested two persons, including the home’s director Girija Tripathi and her husband Mohan Tripathi. A many as 18 girls are still missing and the shelter home has been sealed, reported a news agency.
Superintendent of police (SP) Rohan P Kanay said that the matter came to light when a 10-year-old girl, a native of Betia (Bihar), escaped from the shelter home and narrated her ordeal to the police.
The police took action after the girl informed the police that all the inmates were being treated like servants. She also said that cars came to pick up girls above 15 years of age and the girls came back crying the next day.
“Twenty-four girls were rescued yesterday from the shelter home at station road in the name of Ma Vindhyawasini Mahila Prakishan Evam Samaj Sewa Sansthan, which has 42 inmates. Eighteen inmates are still missing. We have sealed it,” said Kanay.
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The license of the shelter home was also revoked following an inspection by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and its director.
Taking serious note of the lapses on the part of the district administration in handling complaints against the shelter home for women, UP chief minister Adityanath is learned to have directed the officials to remove the district magistrate of Deoria, Sujit Kumar.
The Deoria SP has been directed by the UP Police Headquarters in Lucknow to take stern action against the culprits.
The medical test of the children would be done by a doctor and their statements recorded before a magistrate said ADG Law and Order Anand Kumar said in Lucknow.
Girija Tripathi and her husband Mohan Tripathi, who operated the shelter home, and its superintendent Kanchanlata have been arrested already.
However Tripathi told reporters that the charges were baseless and payment of the last three years was pending, so she was running the shelter home.
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