Another Bihar shelter home under scanner

Merely days after the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal came to light, three boys from a remand home for juveniles in Arrah reported alleged sexually assault and violation against seven inmates on August 1.

An FIR has been registered against seven inmates of the remand home, whom the three boys have accused of assault and sexual violence, asserted Arrah Superintendent of Police Awkash Kumar.

Kumar added that two of the boys, hailing from Kaimur district, had previously been booked in a murder case wherein SC/ST Act was also invoked. They informed their family members at a court that they were beaten up by fellow inmates.

“The boys told their family members that yesterday, they along with another fellow inmate, were attacked by a group of seven juveniles lodged at the remand home. Bruises are visible on the bodies of all the three and a case has been lodged under relevant section of the IPC,” he said.

“Medical tests have been conducted to ascertain the allegation of sexual assault. If the reports, which will take some time to come out, confirm the same more sections may be added,” the SP added.

The remand home, located in the Dharhara vicinity of Arrah town houses juveniles from Bhojpur, Kaimur and two other adjoining districts.

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Videos and photographs purportedly of inmates being sodomised at the remand home were played by regional TV channels and shared on social media, The Press Trust of India reported.

The SP also informed the media that as soon as the news of the seven inmates having been named in the FIR reached the remand home, they went on a rampage and vandalised the premises.

“They were, however, brought under control by staff members of the remand home. Further investigation is underway,” the SP added.

Bihar police in the girl who was beaten to death and buried at a government shelter home in Muzaffarpur, where over 40 young girls were allegedly raped. The team is digging up the grounds, in order to recover the remaining bodies of girls who were raped.