Shelter homes for girls in Bihar being made as hubs for prostitution. Centre to consider CBI enquiry after the state’s request

On Tuesday the Home Minister Rajnath Singh expressed concern regarding the reports of girls being sexually abused in Bihar shelter homes and asserted that the Centre would consider a CBI enquiry once the State government makes a request.

Mr. Singh was responding to the Congress member Ranjeet Ranjan demand for a CBI enquiry under court supervision into the matter, in the Lok Sabha. Raising the issue in the Zero Hour, Ms. Ranjan said that the safety of the girls must be ensured. She alleged that shelter homes for girls were being made as hubs of prostitution.

Just before Ms. Ranjan, Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav raised the issue in the Lower House. He said that when ''Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao was being talked, how protecting the honour of girls had become a challenge, and many “Nirbhaya-like” incidents were happening.”