Girls Made To Dance To Vulgar Songs At Bihar Home, Raped By "Guests": CBI
Patna, Jan 07: Young girls were forced to dance to vulgar songs, sedated and raped at the government-run shelter in Bihar's Muzaffarpur being investigated by the CBI for a massive sex scandal with links to influential politicians and bureaucrats. Grisly details like this are revealed in a 73-page chargesheet filed by the investigating agency against the main accused, the politically well-connected Brajesh Thakur, who operated the shelter for several years.
Brajesh Thakur and 20 other accused - including the staff of the home - have been charged with serious crimes under the Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act or POCSO Act. According to the chargesheet, teenage girls were forced to wear revealing clothes, dance to "Bhojpuri songs", drugged and made to lie down. They were raped in that state by "guests" of Brajesh Thakur, according to the CBI.
Girls who resisted were beaten and tortured, the CBI says.
The sexual exploitation of dozens of girls in the government-run shelter over a period of 10 years was revealed in a social audit report by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences or TISS.
Medical tests found that as many as 34 of the 42 girls at the home were sexually assaulted. The four-storey home has now been razed.
Brajesh Thakur was said to be close to politicians in the ruling Janata Dal (United) government. The Supreme Court described Thakur as "a very influential man" and recommended shifting him to a jail outside the state to prevent any "obstruction to the ongoing probe".
The scandal had been seized by the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal, which has accused the Nitish Kumar government of backing Brajesh Thakur. Bihar Social Welfare Minister Manju Verma resigned after investigations revealed that her husband, Chandrashekhar Verma, had spoken to the main accused several times between January and June.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
