Controversial JD(U) leader and two-time MLA Manju Verma is contesting from the Cheria Bariarpur assembly seat in Bihar's Begusarai district. Named in the infamous Muzaffarpur shelter home case, Verma has been facing opposition ever since her candidature was announced.
The Delhi High Court Thursday sought CBI's reply on a plea by a convict, a member of Child Welfare Committee, challenging his life imprisonment in the sexual assault case of several girls in a shelter home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district.
Delhi High Court's division bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar adjourned the hearing on the appeal filed by Brajesh Thakur, who was senteced to life term by a trial court in the Muzaffarpur shelter home case, till October 1.
A Delhi court Tuesday sentenced Brajesh Thakur to imprisonment till his last breath for sexually and physically assaulting several girls in a shelter home in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district.
Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual assault case: Following is the chronology of events in the Muzaffarpur shelter home case in which a Delhi court Monday convicted Brajesh Thakur and 18 others for physically and sexually assaulting several minor girls:
The court had earlier deferred the order by a month till January 14 as Judge Saurabh Kulshrestha, who had conducted the trial, was on leave.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the Muzaffarpur shelter home abuse case in Bihar has told the Supreme Court that no girl was killed in the shelter home. The investigating agency also said that skeletons found at the shelter home were not of minor inmates.
The National Commission for Women on Monday formed a committee to look into the gang-rape of a former inmate of the Muzaffarpur shelter home in a moving car. The committee headed by NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma would travel to Bihar later this week to meet the victim, the director-general of police and possibly Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also.
It also directed the state government to assess the compensation liable to be paid to such victims under the scheme and submit a report to the court.
Verma was wanted in connection with the Muzaffarpur shelter home scandal. She has been booked for alleged recovery of illegal ammunition at her house.
After going through the status report filed by the CBI, the Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur said, “what is this going on? This is horrible”.
Sexual abuse varying in forms and degrees was prevalent in almost all Bihar shelter homes, the 100-page TISS report had stated.
The FIR was registered yesterday against Verma and her husband Chandrashekhar for recovery of 50 live cartridges from her in-law's house at Arjun Tola village during a raid, Cheria Bariarpur police station SHO Ranjit Kumar Rajak said.
Muzaffarpur shelter home case: Brajesh Thakur was produced before a POSCO court in Muzaffarpur along with nine other accused arrested in the case amid tight security.
The day CBI will give clean chit to my husband, will file a defamation case against that woman: Manju verma
The Opposition was demanding Manju Verma’s resignation as her husband was allegedly in touch with Brajesh Thakur, the man who ran the Muzaffarpur shelter home from where rape cases were reported.
The Opposition was demanding Manju Verma’s resignation as her husband was allegedly in touch with Brajesh Thakur, the man who ran the Muzaffarpur shelter home from where rape cases were reported.
The Opposition was demanding Manju Verma’s resignation as her husband was allegedly in touch with Brajesh Thakur, the man who ran the Muzaffarpur shelter home from where rape cases were reported.
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