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Bihar shelter home case: Main accused, two others acquitted for want of evidence
Special judge Ajay Kumar Mall acquitted Thakur and his associates, Sahista Praveen alias Madhu, and Krishna Kumar, in the Swadhar Griha case as the prosecution failed to prove the charges
Published on Jan 03, 2025 11:52 AM IST
ED takes possession of property of Bihar shelter home case accused
The ED accused Thakur of funds received as grants from the government and other agencies in the name of an NGO which is managed by him.
Updated on Mar 03, 2021 05:38 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
Brajesh Thakur, 11 others given life terms in shelter home case
Thakur was also slapped with a fine of Rs 32 lakh, after the court said the case made him out to be the “kingpin” of a meticulously planned controversy.
Updated on Feb 12, 2020 12:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
NGO owner Brajesh Thakur, 18 others convicted in Bihar shelter home case
More than 42 minors were allegedly sexually assaulted over a period of time in the shelter home which was run by Thakur’s state-funded NGO.
Updated on Jan 20, 2020 05:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Richa Banka
Bihar shelter home case verdict likely today
More than 42 minors were allegedly sexually assaulted over a period of time in the shelter home which was run by Thakur’s state-funded NGO.
Updated on Jan 14, 2020 03:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | HT Correspondent
Muzaffarpur shelter home case: ED attached 12 properties of Brajesh Thakur
The 12 attached properties include a hotel owned by prime accused Brajesh Thakur and his family. The central agency also pasted notices on the seized properties.
Updated on Sep 25, 2019 12:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Avinash Kumar, Patna
CBI denies leniency in Bihar shelter home case, says probe ‘impartial’
In its affidavit filed in the apex court, the agency said, from the statement of victims recorded during the probe, names of 11 girls have emerged, who were allegedly murdered by Brajesh Thakur and his accomplices. It also said that one of the accused had pointed out a particular spot in a burial ground from where a bundle of bones was recovered.
Updated on May 04, 2019 12:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Extortion racket: Patiala jail supdt, 3 other officials dismissed from service
Punjab jails minister also ordered registration of an FIR against the officials and the gangsters at the Organised Crime Control Unit, Mohali, which will investigate the matter further.
Updated on Apr 26, 2019 08:01 AM IST
Patiala | Vishal Rambani
Muzaffarpur shelter home horror, blast at Bodh Gaya: Crimes that rocked Bihar government in 2018
Communal flare-up in 7 Bihar districts, Brajesh Thakur, Muzaffarpur shelter home case, IED blast in Gaya, woman paraded naked, Shahabuddin’s life sentence, 21 AK-47 assault rifles smuggled into Munger. Everything that shook Bihar government in 2018.
Updated on Dec 29, 2018 02:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Avinash Kumar
CBI files chargesheet against 21 persons including prime accused Brajesh Thakur in Muzaffarpur home abuse case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against 21 persons including prime accused Brajesh Thakur, the man who was managing NGO Seva Sankalp Evam Vikash Samiti, in connection with the Muzaffarpur home abuse case.
Updated on Dec 19, 2018 10:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Avinash Kumar
Demolition of Muzaffarpur’s house of horror begins, set to take a month
Following the Supreme Court’s refusal to stay the demolition, a team of officials supervised the demolition operation on Thursday, even as workers knocked down the two upper floors with hammers.
Updated on Dec 14, 2018 07:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Muzaffarpur | Subhash Pathak
Muzaffarpur shelter home demolition begins today
The demolition work will start on Tuesday and its cost will be met from the auction of goods in the home, municipal authorities said.
Published on Dec 11, 2018 10:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Avinash Kumar, Patna:
Shelter home case: Court extends CBI remand of Thakur’s aides
Media reports have alleged that Ashwini used to administer injections laced with sedatives to the inmates of the home with the help of Madhu, after which the girls would be subjected to sexual abuse
Published on Dec 04, 2018 08:48 AM IST
Patna | Press Trust of India
Muzaffarpur shelter home case: Court extends CBI remand of Brajesh Thakur aides by 4 days
The Muzaffarpur shelter home scandal had come to light in a report of social audit conducted by the Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Brajesh Thakur and a number of his employees were arrested in June by the police and the probe was handed over to the CBI in July.
Updated on Nov 26, 2018 09:48 PM IST
Muzaffarpur | Press Trust of India
Muzaffarpur shelter home case: CBI fails to find 2 bodies allegedly thrown in Burhi Gandak river
A new revelation in the Muzaffarpur shelter home case has increased the challenge for the CBI to verify the statement of a shelter home employee Krishna Ram who claimed that some bodies were stuffed in gunny bags and disposed of in Burhi Gandak river. However, the CBI could not find anything from the river.
Updated on Nov 07, 2018 03:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Avinash Kumar, Patna
ED files money laundering case in Muzaffarpur shelter home case
Officials said Enforcement Directorate has filed a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the Muzaffarpur shelter home case taking cognisance of a CBI FIR .
Published on Oct 17, 2018 01:23 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
CBI arrests one more in Muzaffarpur shelter home case
The arrested man, Gaurav Kumar alias Motu, is an employee of the newspaper press owned by shelter home sex scandal key-accused Brajesh Thakur.
Updated on Oct 06, 2018 10:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Avinash Kumar, Patna
In Bihar shelter rapes, scared neighbours ignored women’s screams, says CBI
Bihar shelter home case: The CBI’s status report on the sexual abuse case reveals that residents in the neighbourhood were probably aware of the crime but did not speak out.
Updated on Sep 21, 2018 12:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Govt official among 4 detained by CBI in Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual abuse case
CBI has detained Rani, assistant director in the social welfare department between 2015-17, and three staff members of prime accused Brajesh Thakur, whose NGO ran the shelter home in Muzaffarpur.
Published on Sep 20, 2018 07:24 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
SC notice to Bihar, CBI on Patna HC order banning media from reporting Muzaffarpur shelter rape case
Over 30 girls were allegedly raped at the shelter home run by Brajesh Thakur, the chief of the state-funded NGO.
Updated on Sep 11, 2018 06:22 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
CBI raids properties of former Bihar minister in Muzaffarpur shelter home case
The CBI on Friday raided nearly a dozen properties in four districts of Bihar, including residences of former state minister Manju Verma in Patna and in her native place Begusarai, in connection with the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal case. A hotel belonging to main accused Brajesh Thakur was also raided.
Updated on Aug 17, 2018 10:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | HT Correspondent
In jail, 40 phone numbers including minister’s recovered from Muzaffarnagar shelter home kingpin
Brajesh Thakur, the main accused in the Muzaffarnagar shelter home rape case, is lodged in the Muzaffarpur Central Jail.
Updated on Aug 12, 2018 08:49 AM IST
Patna | Indo Asian News Service
Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal: CBI takes Brajesh Thakur’s son into custody
CBI sleuths also inspected the courtyard, which was dug up last month by the police, following allegations by inmates that one of the girls was beaten to death by staff members a few years ago and her body was buried at the spot.
Updated on Aug 11, 2018 11:30 PM IST
Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India
CBI team conducts probe at premises of main accused in Bihar sex scandal
A CBI probe team today visited Brajesh Thakur’s residence in Bihar from where he ran the shelter home
Published on Aug 11, 2018 05:13 PM IST
Muzaffarpur | Press Trust of India
In Muzaffarpur’s shelter home, a web of silence shielded sexual abuse
An alarming number of people knew about the goings-on in Brajesh Thakur’s short-stay home for destitute girls. Here’s why they kept quiet.
Updated on Dec 31, 2019 01:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Muzaffarpur | Snigdha Poonam
Muzaffarpur shelter home accused says he was about to join the Congress, claim rejected
Brajesh Thakur, who ran a shelter home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur where girls were allegedy sexually exploited, says he was about to join the Congress.
Updated on Aug 09, 2018 08:50 AM IST
Muzaffarpur shelter home kingpin used his newspapers to browbeat officials, judiciary
In 2012, a special vigilance judge had issued warning to one of Brajesh Thakur’s newspapers for trying to malign/defame the court by making a select group of lawyers file false petitions with motivated allegations. The special vigilance court had then recommended action against him.
Updated on Aug 08, 2018 09:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Muzaffarpur | Avinash Kumar
Muzaffarpur shelter home rape: Accused used sex racket to get govt funds, says report
Police report says accused brajesh Thakur has a string of NGOs and set out to amass wealth in connivance with govt officials, bankers.
Updated on Aug 03, 2018 11:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Avinash Kumar