Delhi BJP leader Vijender Gupta has urged Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi to form a special task force to carry out “in-depth inspection” of shelter homes for women and girls in the national Capital.
His request comes a day after Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia suspended two senior officials of the Women and Child Development Department for laxity in duty after eight women and a minor girl were reported missing from a shelter home in east Delhi.
The Delhi Commission for Women has claimed that the matter came to light on December 2, six months after the inmates had gone missing. The same day Delhi Police registered an FIR in connection with the matter.
“A special task force should be formed to carry out in-depth inspection of every shelter home in Delhi. There must be investigation of the facilities provided, the security measures and rehabilitation programmes being undertaken by shelter homes,” he said.
Gupta, the leader of opposition in Delhi Assembly, said the mere suspension of the district officer and the shelter home superintendent was inadequate to bring any positive change at these facilities.