HC seeks AAP govt reply on plea for shelter homes for minors

The Delhi High Court today sought response of the AAP government on a plea for separate shelter homes for boys and girls in the city, alleging they were being sexually assaulted while staying with the adults.
The plea also sought separate shelter homes for women.
A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal directed the Delhi government's social welfare department to take instruction on the plea which said though men and women sleep in different shelters, the buildings were in the same compound.
The plea by social activist -- Salek Chand Jain, sought direction to the department concerned to provide more space for shelter homes in accordance with the 2021 Master Plan for Delhi.

It sought direction for providing proper medical facilities and nutritious food to the children staying at the home.
Citing various rape and molestation incidents in his plea, the petitioner said the adults often entered the place in an inebriated condition and commited crimes against children.
The offenders went scot free after committing crimes in shelter homes, the plea filed through advocate Sugriva Dubey alleged.
It alleged the shelters hardly protected children and women from leering men, who peeped, stalked, molestated or raped despite the government's claims of building the shelters for the safety of the homeless.