Minor Girls In Indian Orphanage Raped By Police

Chandigarh, June 06, 2012 On May 10, a National Commission for Protection of Child Rights team had raided Apna Ghar a home for abandoned or orphaned children in Rohtak, run by an NGO, Bharat Vikas Sangh, and rescued 94 minors, mostly girls.  The woman in charge of the home,  Jaswanti Devi and her son-in-law Jai […]

600 #Trafficked #Children Rescued in #Kerala

About 600 children from the states of Bihar and Jharkand who were being taken on a train to a children’s shelter in Kerala, apparently on the pretext of being provided with food and education, were rescued when the police got a tip off that they were actually being trafficked. The children have now been temporarily […]

Systemic #Rape and Sexual Torture of #Children in a #Shelter Near #Mumbai

Shocking tales of rape and sexual torture have emerged from a shelter for children near Mumbai. The head of the shelter Ajit Dabholkar and his manager Lalita Tonde were arrested on Tuesday. Pune-based social worker Anuradha Sahasrabuddhe of Pune Childline, who is a complainant in the case, said the children between ages 5-15 years were […]