Hindustan Times (Amritsar)

Court sends complaint against Nitish to CBI

- HT Correspond­ent and PTI letters@hindustant­imes.com ■

PATNA: A special court that deals with offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) has forwarded to the Central Bureau of Investigat­ion (CBI) a petition seeking an inquiry against Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and some officials in connection with a case of alleged sexual abuse at a Muzaffarpu­r shelter home, the lawyer for the petitioner said.

The petition was filed by lawyer Sudhir Kumar Ojha on behalf of Ashwani Kumar, an accused in the case and a selfstyled medical practition­er who allegedly used to inject the shelter home’s inmates with sedatives before subjecting them to sexual abuse.

Several attempts made by HT to reach the chief minister’s office for comment were unsuccessf­ul.

HT couldn’t independen­tly confirm the developmen­t.

The POCSO court forwarded a copy of the petition to the superinten­dent of police, CBI, on February 16, claimed Ojha, who said that a certified copy of the court’s directive would be available on Monday or Tuesday.

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