Bihar government to NHRC: Rs 3 lakh to 9 lakh paid to Muzaffarpur victims

PATNA: The state government has informed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) that it has paid Rs3 to 9 lakh each to the 49 victims of sexual abuse in a shelter home at Muzaffarpur.
“The state government’s action taken report reveals that the FIR (33/2018) lodged by Mahila police station at Muzaffarpur under Sections 120B, 376 and 34 of the IPC and Sections 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 of the Pocso Act was registered on May 31, 2018 and, later, the investigation of the case was transferred to the CBI.
was filed against 20 accused, out of which 19 were convicted by the trial court at Saket in New Delhi,” a communique issued on Tuesday by the commission, said.
The NHRC had registered a case on the basis of a complaint in the matter on November 29, 2018.
Besides the commission, the Saket court had also recommended compensation to the victims on merits.
“The commission has also been informed that the registration of the NGO, which ran the Muzaffarpur Balika Grih, was cancelled and the premises housing it was also demolished in compliance with the court’s order. The entire investigation of the case monitored by the Supreme Court was concluded within a stipulated period,” the communique said.