UP: 26 women missing from two shelter homes in Pratapgarh
At least 26 women were found missing from two shelter homes in Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh during surprise checks conducted by the district administration, officials said today. The inspection at the shelter homes was conducted at the back of recent exposes of sexual assault in the shelter homes of Deoria in Uttar Pradesh and Muzaffarpur in Bihar. Here's more.
Only one of 15 registered women present in one shelter-home
During the inspection of Jagrati Shelter Home in Ashtbhuja Nagar, which is run by former district BJP Mahila Morcha Chief Rama Mishra, District Magistrate Shambhu Kumar found that 15 women were registered but only one woman was present there, officials said. According to the officials, the shelter home manager said the other registered women had gone out for work.
Another shelter home had three out of 15 registered women
During the check at the other shelter home in Achalpur, sub-divisional magistrate Satya Prakash Singh found 12 women missing out of the total 15 who were registered. The caretaker of this home, Neha Praveen, said they were not getting external funding and the shelter was being run with their personal resources. The DM said a probe is on in the matter.
