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Date: Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 1:04 PM
Subject: Bhuj Dalit Teen Rape: Ashram that hushed incident had many lapses earlier
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From: PVCHR Communication <cfr.pvchr@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 1:04 PM
Subject: Bhuj Dalit Teen Rape: Ashram that hushed incident had many lapses earlier
To: cr.nhrc <cr.nhrc@nic.in>
Cc: lenin <lenin@pvchr.asia>
To,
The Chairperson
National Human Rights Commission
New Delhi
Dear Sir,
I want to bring in your kind
attention towards the news published in DNA regarding Bhuj Dalit Teen
Rape: Ashram that hushed incident had many lapses earlier https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-bhuj-dalit-teen-rape-ashram-that-hushed-incident-had-many-lapses-earlier-2675249
Therefore it is a kind request
please take appropriate action at earliest.
Thanking You
Sincerely Yours
Lenin Raghuvanshi
Founder and CEO
Peoples' Vigilance Committee on Human Rights
SA 4/2 A Daulatpur, Varanasi
Bhuj Dalit Teen Rape: Ashram that hushed
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Updated:
Oct 14, 2018, 01:17 PM IST
The
Jeevan Prabhat Ashram, a child care-cum-orphanage in Gandhidham that hid the
rape of a 16-year-old Dalit for almost a month, before cops got a wind of it,
had been earlier pulled up by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for
procedural lapses.
Interestingly, the organisation had been earlier in the news
after one Vinod Khubchandani wrote to the commission about some 33 children
going missing from the Ashram. Jayshreeben Makwana, chairperson of the Child
Welfare Committee (CWC) Kutch when contacted about the rape incident and the
earlier lapses by the Ashram said she will not talk about the matter on phone.
“Come and meet me in person. I will not talk about it on phone,” said Makwana.
Vachonidhi Acharya, president of the trust that runs the ashram
did not respond to calls or messages from DNA.
After the matter came to the NHRC notice, the cops traced the
missing children to their home, the petitioner had filed a counter-reply
raising queries about the cop’s investigations which forced the NHRC to summon
both the collector and the petitioner to Gandhinagar in April 2018.
In that hearing in Gandhinagar, the NHRC had expressed its
annoyance with the district collector for not taken action against the trust
that handles the ashram for procedural lapses. It had then asked the district
collector of Kutch to issue a notice to the trustees under the Juvenile Justice
Act. “The children had gone missing and both Child Welfare Committees remained
ignorant until the matter was taken up with the NHRC,” said Khubchandani. He
had in his petition stated that the orphanage records mentioned 112 minor
children but in reality, it had just 77. Remya Mohan, Kutch collector who also
heads the District Child Protection Unit said a notice was issued as per the
Juvenile Justice Act and a report was also sent. “The Child Welfare Committee
has submitted its report based on the enquiry and has asked the police to
include sections of JJ Act in the earlier case,” said Mohan.
