11 other girls in Bihar shelter home may have been killed, CBI finds bundle of bones
India TodayIn a sensational revelation in the Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual abuse case, CBI told the Supreme Court on Friday that 11 girls may have been murdered by key accused Brajesh Thakur and his accomplices and "bundle of bones" have been recovered from a burial ground. "During investigation, from the statement of victims recorded by IOs and NIMHANS team, names of 11 girls emerged who were said to be allegedly murdered by the accused Brajesh Thakur and his accomplices," the CBI said. "Based on the facts revealed by one accused, namely Guddu Patel during his interrogation, a particular spot in burial ground as identified by accused Guddu Patel was excavated and a bundle of bones were recovered from the spot," CBI said in the affidavit filed on an application which had alleged that it had not conducted a proper probe in the case. "It is denied that the CBI is trying to shield the real perpetrators or that the leads given by victims regarding role of outsiders was intentionally not probed," it said, adding that officer of social welfare department of Bihar has also been chargesheeted in the case.