The police have started investigating the foreign funding taking place in the children's hostel located on Bhopal-Indore road from where the girls were found missing.
Scrutinizing the audit report of the organization help of a CA is also being taken. The statements of the employees living in the hostel will also be recorded. The district administration team is also getting the illegal portion of the hostel measured to raze it.
SP Pramod Kumar Sinha said that the audit records of Aanchal Girls Hostel are being scrutinized in the case of foreign funding. The statements of other employees living there will be recorded. The investigation so far has revealed that the senior girls studying here started teaching other junior girls. Apart from Anil Mathew, the role of anyone else is not clear at the moment. The matter is being investigated on all aspects.
Plants and other items are kept in the premises where the Children's Home was operated.
Plants and other items are kept in the premises where the Children's Home was operated.
The chairman of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and a team from the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) had inspected the children's home in Tara Sewaniya village, about 20 km from the district headquarters, on Friday.
After looking at the register of the centre, it was found that out of 68 inmates, 26 girls were missing. After this, the first FIR was lodged by District Program Officer Ramgopal Yadav against Father Anil Mathew for allegedly running the center illegally at Parawalia police station on Saturday night.
The father was initially charged under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. After investigation, the police added sections under Violation of Madhya Pradesh Religious Freedom Act, 2021 in this case.
