The CBI and the forensic team on Saturday visited the Balika Grih shelter home in Muzaffarpur and broke open all the locked rooms and also ordered for fresh digging of the premises. After hours of search the CBI sleuths detained Rahul Anand, son of prime accused of sexual abuse of minor girls Brajesh Thakur. Anand was present throughout during search operation.
In this shelter home, run by an NGO Seva Sankalp evam Vikas Samiti, at least 34 out of 42 girls had been physically abused as per their medical report. A few girls had alleged that one inmate was murdered and buried in the campus. Sample of the soil was also sent for forensic test. The team which also called the civil surgeon and local police continued searching and examining the place till late evening.
The office and press of a vernacular daily owned by the same Brajesh Thakur, who managed the NGO, also existed in the same premises. Thakur, apart from ten other people including Government officials and NGO staff, is in jail.
According to sources the properties of the office bearers of the NGO are likely to be confiscated. Most of the office bearers belonged to Thakur’s family. The family has been barred from disposing their assets after the report that main accused’s son Anand sold a big property in Muzaffarpur district a few days back. Thakur’s son who according to documents is the owner of the Hindi newspaper was asked to remain during the CBI search.