The Muzaffarpur shelter home case concerns the sexual abuse of girls at a government-funded home in Bihar run by Brajesh Thakur's NGO. A TISS audit exposed it…
Registration and quarterly checks.
15 of ~110 homes flagged.
An outside audit raised the alarm.
Five weeks after the report.
NGO head taken into custody.
Rights body steps in.
Protests go national.
Victims' images barred.
A political consequence.
But no sensationalism.
A statewide inquiry.
Seven months, step by step.
Six-month target set.
35 girls traced alive.
Investigated, not proved.
POCSO and IPC.
Life terms for 10 or 11 more.
Sentences at a glance.
Rs 3 lakh to Rs 9 lakh.
2020 convictions untouched.
Different charges, outcomes.
Arguments continue.
Convictions stand.
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