Muzaffarpur, Aug 8 : The main accused in the Bihar shelter home horror case, Brajesh Thakur, who is in jail, on Wednesday denied any involvement in the rape of 34 minor girls in the welfare facility here, saying he was being framed.
He said it was a "conspiracy" and he has no relation with Bihar Social Welfare Minister Manju Verma. He said he was innocent.
"A conspiracy was hatched against me as I wanted to join the Congress and wished to fight from the Muzaffarpur seat," Thakur told the media here when he along with the other accused in the case was being taken from the jail to be produced in a court.
This was the first time that Thakur has spoken since the horror surfaced in the shelter home that was run by him. He was produced in the district court under tight security. "I am not at all involved in the case," he said.
A group of women blackened Thakur's face when he was coming out of the court. One of the women was detained. She belongs to the Jan Adhikar Party, a police officer said.
Thakur also denied reports that he was close to Manju Verma. "I have no relationship with Manju Verma," he said. He also refuted a relationship with Madhu Kumar, an accused in the case, who is absconding after the police filed an FIR.
Thakur claimed that none of the victims (girls) of the shelter home have made any statement against him. The Patna High Court is monitoring the ongoing CBI investigation into the case.
The Muzaffarpur case came to light when the Bihar Social Welfare Department filed an FIR based on a social audit of the shelter home conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
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Bengaluru, Jul 25 (PTI): The Karnataka government has issued a notification reducing the pass percentage for SSLC exam from 35 to 33, effective from the academic year 2025-26
The draft Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board First Regulations (Amendment) 2025 was notified on Thursday.
According to the proposed guidelines, candidates must secure an average of 33 per cent marks, combining both internal assessment and external examination, to be declared pass.
This reduction was implemented through an amendment to the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board Act, 1966.
"Candidates shall secure an average of 33 per cent marks in internal assessment and external examination combined and shall be declared pass if they secure at least 206 marks out of a total of 625 marks, including at least 30 per cent marks in each subject out of the total marks of the respective subject," the notification issued by the Department of School Education & Literacy stated.
According to the notification, 15 days have been given to public to file objections to this new proposed rule.