After Bihar, now UP: 18 girls found missing from shelter home, police arrest Manager, husband
Lucknow, Aug 6 (IBNS): After the Bihar shelter home sex scandal, police in Uttar Pradesh have arrested the manager of a shelter home for women and her husband after 18 of the 42 inmates were found missing from its premises, media reports said.
Police rescued 24 girls during a raid in the home at Deoria on Sunday late night.
According to police, Girija Tripathi, the manager of the Vindhvanshini Mahila and Balika Sanrakshan Griha, and her husband Mohan were arrested after a raid by the local police late on Sunday.
The police action came after a 10-year-old inmate escaped by scaling the boundary wall of the home and told the police that all the residents were in utter plight, being "treated like servants."
The girl revealed that after four o'clock in the evening, several people would come in cars and take girls from ‘Madam’ and they would return late in the night, crying.
She also suggested that other dubious activities were taking place in the shelter home.
Addressing a press conference, Deoria Superintendent of Police, Rohan P Kanai said, “The names of 42 girls are registered in the list of NGO named Vindhavashini Women and Girl Child Protection House but only 24 girls were found there. The remaining 18 girls are being traced. There was a complaint about this shelter home for women for a long time."
Investigations have revealed that due to irregularities, the recognition of this shelter home was stripped off in June 2007, but the managers continue to run it after getting a stay order from High Court.
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