26 girls missing from Bhopal children’s home, Shivraj Chouhan demands action | Latest News India

Former Madhya Pradesh chief miner Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday urged the Mohan Yadav government to take action in the case pertaining to the disappearance of 26 girls from an illegal children’s home in capital Bhopal. Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Miner Shivraj Singh Chouhan.(ANI file) “The case of the disappearance of 26 girls from a children’s home operating without permission in Parwalia police station area of Bhopal has come to my notice,” Chouhan said in a post on X. Wrap up the year gone & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here “Considering the seriousness and sensitivity of the matter, I urge the government to take cognisance and take immediate action,” he added. A first information report (FIR) has been regered at Parwaliya Sadak Police Station in Bhopal under sections of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 naming an individual named Anil Methew, the manager of the children’s home, as an accused, ANI reported. Out of the 68 girls regered at the home, between 6-18 years of age, 26 have been reported missing, the FIR stated, adding that the home was not being operated under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and was unregered. National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chief Priyank Kanoongo has written to the Madhya Pradesh chief secretary regarding the matter. In a post on social media X, Kanoongo alleged that the children kept in this illegal shelter home are forced to practice Chrianity.“An illegal children’s home run missionaries was inspected me along with the chairperson and members of the state children’s commission. The coordinating NGO had been working as child line partner like a government agency till recently. The children are being kept in the home that is running operations without license. The children are aged between six and 18 and majority of them are Hindus,” Kanoongo added.“With a lot of difficulty, the police regered an FIR. Unfortunately, the officials of Madhya Pradesh’s women and child welfare department want to run child helpline on contract with the help of such NGOs,” the NCPCR chief added. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Follow the latest breaking news and developments from India and around the world with Hindustan Times’ newsdesk. From politics and policies to the economy and the environment, from local issues to national events and global affairs, we’ve got you covered. …view detail