Muzaffarpur effect: Nitish Kumar directs district magistrates to inspect shelter homes

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday directed all district magistrates to inspect child and women shelter homes running in the state.

The CM's diktat comes in the wake of Muzaffarpur shelter home alleged rape cases.

Kumar also ordered that adequate security arrangements should be made at the shelter homes to order to ensure the safety of the inmates.

The investigation of Muzaffarpur shelter home case has been taken over by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The CBI team has already reached Muzaffarpur. They have collected all documents related to the case from the Social Welfare Department of Patna and the Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).

The case came to light following a report of TISS in April.

Last month, 11 employees of the shelter home were arrested and 44 girls were rescued. The shelter home was run by Brajesh Thakur, the prime accused in the case who is behind bars now.

On August 1, the Bihar Police raided another shelter home run by Thakur after a case was registered against him over the disappearance of 11 girls.