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The Madhya Pradesh Police registered a case in connection with the alleged disappearance of 26 girls from a children’s home in Bhopal, a police official said on Saturday. According to police, the probe so far has revealed that the girls may have left Aanchal Children’s Home in Parwalia area after feeling homesick.
“Some girls who get themselves registered at the facility return home due to various reasons, including finding the stay uninteresting. The investigation so far shows they have returned to their homes. This is being verified further,” Bhopal (Rural) Superintendent of Police Pramod Kumar Sinha was quoted by PTI as saying in his video message.
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What has been alleged?
Police registered a First Information Report (FIR) at Parwaliya Sadak Police Station in Bhopal on Thursday over a complaint filed by district programme officer Ramgopal Yadav against one Anil Mathew for allegedly running the children’s home illegally.
As per the complaint, 26 out of 68 girls (between 6-18 years of age) at the facility have gone missing, police said. The facility is around 20 kilometres from the district headquarters.
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The FIR was filed under sections of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 naming Anil Methew, the manager of the children’s home, as an accused, ANI reported.
Mathew was booked under relevant sections of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015, the official said. “Mathew has so far failed to provide a registration certificate for the facility he was running,” police said.
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Shivraj Singh Chouhan demands action
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan urged the Mohan Yadav-led MP government to take action in the case of the alleged disappearance of 26 girls from an “illegal” children’s home in capital Bhopal.
“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 posted on X on Saturday. “Considering the seriousness and sensitivity of the matter, I urge the government to take cognisance and take immediate action,” he added.
Girls forced to ‘practice Christian religion’
National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chief Priyank Kanoongo wrote to the Madhya Pradesh chief secretary and alleged that the children kept in this illegal shelter home are forced to practice Christianity.
“An illegal children’s home run by missionaries was inspected by 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,” Kanoongo said.
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He alleged, “The children are being kept in the home that is running operations without license. They are being kept secretly in a children’s home and being made to practice Christian religion…The children are aged between six and 18 and majority of them are Hindus,” Kanoongo added.
Bhopal Collector Kaushlendra Vikram Singh suspended two officials on Saturday and issued a show cause notice against two others in connection with an illegally running children’s home in the state capital Bhopal, ANI reported.
The suspended officials were identified as Brijendra Pratap Singh, currently posted in Ganjbasoda, Vidisha district, (formerly posted in Women and Child Development Department, Bhopal) and Komal Upadhyay, posted as project officer in Women and Child Development Department, Bhopal.
Two other officials who received show cause notice were identified as Sunil Solanki and Ramgopal Yadav, posted in Women and Child Development Department, Bhopal.
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