The CBI has taken over the investigation into the alleged sexual exploitation of minor girls in a shelter home in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Friday.
The agency has registered two FIRs against Director Girija Tripathi and Superintendent Kanchan Lata Tripathi of the Maa Vindhyavasini Mahila Evam Balika Sanrakshan Griha in Deoria.
This comes over a year after the Uttar Pradesh government recommended a CBI probe.
In August last year, authorities rescued 24 girls from the shelter home, which has 42 inmates.
A medical examination confirmed the sexual abuse of 34 inmates out of 42.
The two Uttar Pradesh police FIRs the CBI has taken over relate to wrongful confinement, wrongful confinement, trafficking, sexual harassment, sexual assault,
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