Another shelter run by the same charity was closed in June after dozens of girls said they had been raped there. Workers from the state Social Welfare Department reported the women missing Monday, Singh said. Media reports say the charity, Seva Sanklap Ewam Vikas Samiti, received about $150,000 per year from the state and federal governments to run shelters for women and girls. Brajesh Thakur, who has run the group since 1987, has been held since early June, when authorities raided the girls’ shelter. But despite the increasingly stringent laws, women often remain relegated to second-class citizenship in Indian courts and police stations.

Source: National Post August 01, 2018 09:00 UTC