Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case

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Muzaffarpur shelter home case

The court had reserved order on September 30 after final arguments by the CBI counsel and 11 accused in the case in which former Bihar Social Welfare Minister and the then JD(U) leader Manju Verma also faced flak as allegations surfaced that Thakur had links with her husband. (Photo: Representational)

Muzaffarpur shelter home case: Court defers judgement due to lawyers' strike

Former Bihar People's Party MLA Brajesh Thakur is the prime accused in the case.

14 Nov 2019 4:53 PM

The Supreme Court on Monday granted three months time to the CBI to complete its probe, including into the murder aspect, in the Muzaffarpur shelter home case. (Photo: File)

Muzaffarpur shelter case: SC grants 3 months to CBI to complete probe

The apex court directed the CBI to submit its report within three months in the case.

03 Jun 2019 12:22 PM

Attorney General K K Venugopal, appearing for the CBI, told the court that 11 girls are alleged to have been murdered in the Muzaffarpur shelter home. (Photo: File)

Muzaffarpur shelter home: SC directs CBI to file status report by June 3

Venugopal, however, told the court it will not be possible for the CBI to complete the probe into the alleged murder of 11 girls by June 3.

06 May 2019 12:30 PM

Bihar abuse: CBI to file fresh cases

Ashwani Kumar, accused of administering sedatives to the victims, had filed a petition alleging that the “CBI is suppressing facts.”

23 Apr 2019 1:56 AM

It may be recalled that a special POCSO court in Muzaffarpur recently directed the CBI to record the statement of an accused doctor in the case and look into allegations made by him against several senior government officials and private persons.

CBI to file 3 FIRs in Muzaffarpur shelter home case

Hearing the petition, Muzaffarpur POCSO court had directed the CBI under 164 of the CrPC to look into the prayers of the petitioner.

07 Apr 2019 1:23 AM

Brajesh Thakur, alleged mastermind and strongman in the case, was charged with serious charges under the POCSO Act, including Section 6 (aggravated sexual assault). (Photo: PTI)

Muzaffarpur shelter home case: Court frames charges against 21 accused

All the accused, who appeared before court, pleaded innocence and claimed trail.

30 Mar 2019 4:00 PM

Bihar CM must step down, says Opposition

A similar demand was made by RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha a day earlier.

19 Feb 2019 1:45 AM

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar (Photo: PTI)

Muzaffarpur shelter home: Reports of CBI probing Nitish create rumblings

The petitioner Ashwani Kumar is one of the accused and he was arrested in Nov last year for injecting sedatives to girls at Muzaffarpur shelter home.

18 Feb 2019 2:10 AM

Brajesh Thakur, owner of the NGO which ran the home, and around 20 people were named as accused in the CBI’s chargesheet. (Photo: PTI)

ED to file chargesheet in shelter home sex scandal

The ED may mention the role of public servants belonging to the state administration, as accused in its first probe report.

23 Jan 2019 1:12 AM

Verma had stepped down as the minister for social welfare in August, following reports that her husband, Chandrashekhar Verma, had close links with Brajesh Thakur, the prime accused in the Muzaffarpur shelter home scandal. (Photo: File)

Absconding ex-Bihar minister Manju Verma surrenders in court

Sc had had rapped Bihar Police for failing to arrest the former minister and directed DGP to appear before it if she was not nabbed Nov 27.

20 Nov 2018 12:29 PM

Chandrasekhar Verma sent to judicial custody

He has been sent to judicial custody till November 6.

30 Oct 2018 12:52 AM

Chandrashekhar Verma, the absconding husband of former Bihar minister Manju Verma who had steeped down following allegations of links with the prime accused in the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal case, surrendered before a court in Begusarai. (Photo: ANI)

Muzaffarpur shelter case: Former Bihar Minister Manju Verma's husband surrenders

He has been booked in an Arms Act case registered in connection with recovery of huge cache of ammunition from his home during a CBI raid.

29 Oct 2018 3:45 PM

At a court hearing, a woman hurled ink on Brajesh Thakur, main accused in the Muzaffarpur shelter home case. (Photo: PTI)

Muzaffarpur abuse case: CBI to question 3 top officials of Bihar govt

The agency is also probing their alleged proximity with the prime accused Brajesh Thakur.

11 Oct 2018 1:18 AM

The seizure was made during a raid conducted at Verma's Patna and Begusarai residences by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal. (Photo: File | ANI)

Patna HC rejects bail plea filed by former Bihar minister Manju Verma

Justice Sudhir Singh turned down application of Verma, against whom FIR was lodged after seizure of about 50 cartridges from her residence.

09 Oct 2018 3:16 PM

Supreme Court for probe against ex-minister

Manju Verma had resigned as the Social Welfare Minister in the Bihar government following the Muzzafarpur case.

21 Sep 2018 1:28 AM

The bench posted the hearing of the case for Tuesday. (Photo: File)

Muzaffarpur shelter home case: CBI submits progress report to Patna HC

On August 23, the bench had pulled up the CBI for its failure to submit a progress report in the investigation into the case.

27 Aug 2018 5:18 PM

The Patna high court was monitoring the probe into the sordid episode at the government-funded short stay home for girls at Muzaffarpur on the request of the Bihar government.

Shelter home case: Patna HC urged to revoke order on media

The sexual assault of 34 girls over a period of time came to light after a social audit was conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

27 Aug 2018 6:05 AM

Muzaffarpur shelter home case: Ex-minister booked under Arms Act

Muzaffarpur was among 110 shelter homes where 34 minor girls were subjected to extreme brutality and raped by officials and employees of the facility.

20 Aug 2018 5:49 AM

Shelter home case: CBI raids former Bihar minister’s residence

Cm Nitish Kumar and deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi had earlier ruled out the resignation of Manju Verma, terming the allegations against her “baseless”.

18 Aug 2018 4:52 AM

Verma had resigned last week following allegations that her husband was a regular visitor to the girls' shelter home where minor girls were facing sexual abuse. (Photo: ANI)

Bihar shelter home case: CBI searches premises of former Minister Manju Verma

Search operations are also underway at seven premises of Brajesh Thakur, who ran the NGO, his friends and relatives.

17 Aug 2018 12:59 PM

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