Action taken against Nashik shelter home director: Govt

The NHRC on Tuesday said the Maharashtra government has informed it that in response to the rights panel's notices in a case of alleged sexual exploitation of 16 girls at a Nashik shelter home, the accused director of the institution has been arrested and a trial is going on in a court.

The National Human Rights Commission in a statement also said that financial assistance of 4 lakh each will be paid to all the victims.

The Commission had registered the case suo motu based on media reports about the incident on November 28, 2022, it said.

The NHRC has been informed by the Maharashtra government in response to its notices in this case that the "accused director of the said (shelter) home was arrested and the trial is going on in a court", the statement said.