Archive · 1 Aug 2025
Children Refuse Shift From Shelter Home After Rape Allegations
Children at a shelter home in Latur, India, are staying put after a girl there said she was raped.
The girl, who has HIV, reported the abuse, which happened over two years.
The authorities told the children to move out.
The case is now with the police under laws meant to protect children.
The investigation is ongoing as the children are not leaving the premises despite the officials' orders.
Inmates of a shelter home in Latur, Maharashtra, are refusing to relocate.
The refusal follows allegations of rape against a 17-year-old HIV-infected girl.
The girl reported the rape and abuse at Sevalay over two years.
The case, filed under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and POCSO Act, was transferred.
Authorities have ordered the shift of the shelter home's residents.
- Who
- Inmates of a shelter home and a 17-year-old HIV-infected girl.
- What
- Inmates are refusing to shift from a shelter home after a reported rape.
- When
- The refusal happened after July 25.
- Where
- Latur, Maharashtra, India.
- Why
- Following an alleged rape incident and authorities' subsequent orders.
- Location
- Latur, Maharashtra
- Incident
- Alleged rape and abuse
- Victim
- 17-year-old HIV-infected girl
- Legal Actions
- Case filed under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and POCSO Act
- Police Station
- Dhoki police station, transferred to Ausa
- Authorities' order
- Relocation of inmates