CBI Gets 3 Months Time To Complete Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case Probe

Several girls were sexually and physically assaulted 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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The Supreme Court bench asked the probe agency to also investigate the role of outsiders
New Delhi:

The Supreme Court today granted three months time to the CBI to complete its probe, including into the murder aspect, in the Muzaffarpur shelter home case.

Several girls were sexually and physically assaulted 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).

A vacation bench comprising Justices Indu Malhotra and MR Shah directed the CBI to also investigate allegations of unnatural sexual assault under section 377 and probe video recordings of the assault on girls at the shelter home.

The bench asked the probe agency to also investigate the role of outsiders who were involved and facilitated sexual assaults of inmates after administering them intoxicants

The top court directed the CBI to submit its report before it within three months in the case.