The Supreme Court expressed concern over incidents of rape in
the country and said that women are being raped “left, right and centre”. The Apex
Court referring to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, said that a
woman is raped every six hours in the country. While taking suo moto cognizance
of the Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual abuse case, the Supreme Court pulled up Bihar
state government for funding the NGO running the shelter home where girls were
being allegedly raped and sexually abused. The court said that it had not
restrained the police authority from conducting probe and if they want to
question the alleged victims, they would have to take assistance of
professional counsellors and qualified child psychiatrist in consultation with
National Institute of Mental Health.
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