Highlights
- "Bundle of bones" has been recovered from a burial ground in the Muzaffarpur shelter home.
- Girls were allegedly sexually abused at the shelter home in Bihar
- Chargesheet against 21 people were filed by CBI in the case
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court in the dreaded case of ‘house of horror’ in Bihar Muzzafarpur case. The CBI on Friday told the Supreme Court that its probe and questioning has revealed that 11 girls from the tarnished shelter home are missing and are feared to have been killed.
The CBI got the clue of the alleged murders from the rescued children. The names of the girls, who have mysteriously disappeared from the balikagarh (girls' home), emerged in the statements of the children that said 11 girls were murdered by Brajesh Thakur and his partners.
In the Affidavit the CBI said, rape survivors spoke of the girls who were said to have been killed by Brajesh Thakur. It said it is verifying the allegations and revealed that it has excavated a bundle of bones from a location where a girl was actually buried by the accused. However, murder charges have not been invoked yet as the investigation is in progress.
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The affidavit added, “The victims during their examination in the presence of experts of Nimhans had revealed names of 11 girls who were allegedly murdered by Brajesh Thakur and his accomplices. These allegations are being duly investigated in the right earnest in the instant case by scrutinising the master register maintained at the Balikagrih to locate the bodies and through field-level verification as to the existence of the girls alleged to be murdered.”
The affidavit was filed on an application submitted by social activist Nivedita Jha to the Supreme Court that accused the CBI of protecting Brajesh and other accused despite the statement of victims. The petition filed through advocate Fauzia Shakil, said the investigation conducted by the CBI was not only “incomplete but ex facie also appeared to be hogwash.”
In the reply to the accusation of not charging the outsiders who visited the shelter home, the CBI said, ““All efforts were made to trace the perpetrators of crime. After ascertaining the identity of perpetrators through proper investigation a charge sheet has been filed against them. Investigations regarding the outsiders have been properly carried out and a charge sheet against all such persons.”
The petitioner also went on to say, “It is evident from the statement of the victims that a large-scale prostitution racket was being run by Brajesh Thakur. From the perusal of the charge sheet, it is apparent that the CBI is trying to shield the real perpetrators and has intentionally avoided to investigate the leads given by the victims.”