PATNA: Police would dig up the premises of the government children home (balika grih) on Sahu Road under the Town police station area in Muzaffarpur to locate the remains of a minor girl, who was allegedly killed and buried on the campus.The police action is based on the statement of one of the rape survivors of the children home, who had recorded her statement before a magistrate that one of the girl victims was thrashed so much inside the home that she died and the authorities buried her body on the campus.Muzaffarpur SSP Harpreet Kaur said a magistrate has been deputed to oversee the digging work. “Police have already procured orders from the court to dig up the campus after substances came on record on the basis of one of the victims’ statement,” she said.The matter was highlighted after the social audit report of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS, Mumbai) mentioned about sexual and physical assault on the minor girls living at the children home. Subsequently, an FIR was lodged on May 31 against the NGO Sewa Sankalp Ewam Vikas Samiti, which was running the children home, and its office-bearers.Ten persons, including NGO owner Brajesh Thakur and its seven women office-bearers, child welfare committee member Vikash Kumar and child protection officer Ravi Kumar Raushan have been arrested in the case so far.The medical examination reports have suggested rape of 16 girls. Altogether 44 children were at Muzaffarpur children home and 14 of them had been shifted to Madhubani and rest 30 to two different children homes in Patna after the FIR was lodged.The SSP has said charge sheet will be filed against the ten accused within a week and police have also moved the court for proclamation notice against another child welfare committee member Dilip Kumar Verma as he is still evading arrest.Pappu for CBI probe into Muz rape: Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) patron and Madhepura MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on Sunday demanded CBI inquiry into the Muzaffarpur government children home rape case. Yadav said it has become clear from the medical reports of the victims that they were raped inside the children home. “People must know about the politicians and bureaucrats involved in the case,” he said. Yadav also said he would bring adjournment motion in Parliament demanding a CBI inquiry into the case.Attempts to cover up case: Tejashwi: Leader of opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Sunday accused the government officials of covering up the case. “It is rarest of rare cases. Even one girl was murdered and buried on the premises. The government had been aware about rape since March, but no action was taken. Instead, attempts are being made to cover up the matter,” he tweeted. Tejashwi also alleged that minor girls were supplied to politicians and officials for years. He said such crime was also reported from Motihari, Siwan and Hajipur.

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