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POCSO court refuses to issue directive on petition against Nitish

Muzaffarpur, Feb 16 (UNI) A special Protection of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) court today refused to issue any directive on a petition seeking probe on role of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Muzaffarpur based shelter home inmates sex abuse case.
Special POCSO court refused to issue any directive on a petition filed by one Ashwini Kumar, an accused in the case, seeking probe into role of Chief Minister Mr Kumar, Principal Secretary of Welfare Department Atul Prasad and the then District Magistrate of Muzaffarpur Dharmendra Singh, in Muzaffarpur based shelter home inmates sex abuse case. The court simply sent the petition to CBI for information, a routine legal exercise as special POCSO court is not competent to pass any directive on such petition, said a senior Advocate Sharad Sinha.
Mr Ashwini had alleged in his petition that CBI was "suppressing facts" in course of the investigation which would only come to light if roles of Chief Minister Mr Kumar and two others were probed. He used to pose as a doctor and visit the shelter home to allegedly administer sedative-laced injections to the inmates before they were sexually abused.The state government had allegedly continued funding shelter homes even after Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) submitted the report that brought the horrific details to light.
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