Security guard of children home sacked: Govt to HC

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Mar 13 2013 | 9:15 PM IST
The city police today told the Delhi High Court that the security guard of a government-run children home was removed from job after a seven-year-old HIV positive boy alleged that he was sexually abused by him and other older inmates.
Filing the status report, standing counsel Pawan Sharma told the bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Indermeet Kaur that the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) has investigated into the allegations and children of the home have said the guard, Amandeep, used to beat them with stick regularly.
"In wake of the CWC report, the contractor has terminated the guard from service and he ran away to his native place in Ranchi. A notice has been served to Ranchi Police for his presence here for March 21 and thereafter we will probe the sexual abuse allegations against him," Sharma told the court and sought more time to file a detailed status report.
The bench had earlier asked the police to find the reason why the victim is also making allegations against other inmates and who is responsible for the abuse.
Taking cognisance of a media report that three boys at the government-run Ashiana Home for Boys in Alipur had sexually abused the seven-year-old and used to harass him daily, the court had sought a detailed report from police.
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First Published: Mar 13 2013 | 9:15 PM IST

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