This Article is From Feb 25, 2019

Appoint Special Public Prosecutor In Bihar Shelter Home Case, Court Asks CBI

Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Kulshrestha Delhi posted the matter for hearing on February 27.

Appoint Special Public Prosecutor In Bihar Shelter Home Case, Court Asks CBI

Several girls were allegedly raped at an NGO-run shelter home in Muzaffarpur. (File)

New Delhi:

A Delhi court today directed the CBI to appoint within two days a special public prosecutor in the Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual assault case.

Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Kulshrestha Delhi posted the matter for hearing on February 27.

The Supreme Court on February 7 ordered that the shelter home sexual assault case be transferred from Bihar to a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court at Saket district court complex, which would conclude the trial within six months.

Several girls were allegedly raped and sexually abused at an NGO-run shelter home in Muzaffarpur and the issue had come to light following a report by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).

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