March 08, 2021
It has been decided with the approval of the competent
The Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Wednesday cancelled the
accreditation of Brajesh Kumar Thakur, the prime accused in the Bihar shelter
home sex scandal case. Kumar was allotted a government accommodation under the
PIB-accredited journalist quota in a posh locality of the National Capital
Region (NCR), where he had his Delhi office, officials said.A fresh FIR was
registered against Kumar yesterday wheel stopper
for cars following the "disappearance" of 11 women from the premises of a
self-help group run by his NGO. The case relates to mental, physical and sexual
exploitation of the girls residing at Balika Grih, Muzaffarpur." The PIB also
asked all ministries and departments concerned to withdraw the facilities
provided to him on the basis of his accreditation which include health
facilities, government accommodation, railway pass and other benefits.In an
order, PIB, which comes under the ministry of information and broadcasting,
said
It has been decided with the approval of the competent authority to
cancel the PIB press accreditation of card number 2275 issued to Brajesh Kumar,
correspondent, Pratah Kamal Hindi daily with immediate effect in view of his
involvement in alleged criminal activities. The statements of victim girls will
be used to reconstruct the crime scene and develop a chain of time line which
will be used to prosecute the accuse, they said.. Mr Kumar owned a newspaper
each in Hindi, English and Urdu, but it is alleged that circulation figures were
inflated to gain greater slice of government advertisement revenue. The probe of
the shelter home sex scandal case has been taken over by the CBI and Kumar is
currently in judicial custody. Sources in the agency said a team from CFSL will
soon be sent to Muzzafarpur to reconstruct crime scenes and collect forensic
samples from the centre.The Bihar government’s information and public relation
department cancelled his press accreditation card after an FIR was lodged
against him on May 31. It has began investigation on the media house to find out
whether he and his colleagues ever misused facilities accorded to accredited
journalists. The agency may also take help child psychologists to record
statements of victim girls with some of them as young as seven years, they
added.The CBI will soon be conducting an exhaustive forensic examination of the
shelter home
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