A grievance has been filed with the Karnataka little one rights fee,director basic and inspector basic of police Praveen Sood, governor Thaawarchand Gehlot alleging that 22 kids are ‘lacking’ from an orphanage run by Chitradurga’s Sri Jagadguru Murugharajendra (SJM), folks accustomed to the matter mentioned on Friday.
Social activist and RTI employee B H Gowdru filed the grievance on November 25, a duplicate of which HT has seen. Following the grievance, the state little one rights fee served a discover to the mutt on Friday.
In keeping with the grievance, the SJM mutt pontiff and sole managing trustee Shivamurthy Sharanaru has been working three shelters for youngsters on mutt premises from 2001.
Within the grievance, Gowdru quotes from paperwork obtained from the lady and little one welfare division, stating that the three shelters run by the mutt had been Sri Basaveshwara orphan kids shelter, Akkamahadevi hostel and SJM Vidhyapeeth.
To acquire authorities grant, the mutt had filed its particulars earlier than the lady and little one welfare division in 2011 stating that there have been 11 orphans and 14 kids of single mother and father within the orphanage. The hostel run by the mutt had seven orphans, 13 kids of single mother and father and 5 kids from poor households. In keeping with the doc, the SJM Vidhyapeeth had 4 orphans, 16 kids of single mother and father and 5 college students from poor households.
In whole there have been 75 kids, out of which 22 are orphans based on the record offered by the ladies and youngsters welfare division. The SJM mutt had been availing the state authorities assist earlier than 2011. The mutt pontiff in 2012 had written to the division to cease the state authorities assist saying the “mutt will increase the youngsters itself” the grievance mentioned. Nonetheless, the state had stopped the grants to the mutt after 2011.
“The youngsters went lacking after Sharanaru was arrested in two Pocso (Safety of Youngsters from Sexual Offences Act) circumstances. The mutt has 22 orphans based on data however now they don’t seem to be be discovered,” mentioned the RTI activist. He mentioned the kid welfare committee had visited the mutt on October 18 and solely two orphans had been discovered on the institutes run by the mutt.
He questioned “how did the mutt proceed to shelter kids even after the state authorities had cancelled its affiliation with the division in January 2011”.
“Did the mutt observe the foundations beneath the Juvenile Justice Act and different provisions of the legislation, whereas sheltering these kids?” he requested. The activist mentioned that in case the authorities with whom he has filed the grievance couldn’t get the main points of orphans, he’ll transfer courtroom for an intensive probe.
“Perhaps the youngsters are adults now and are settled in different places.We served a discover to SJM mutt on Friday looking for the whereabouts of the orphans. We have now given them a weeks’ time to furnish the main points,” mentioned district little one safety unit officer (DCPU) Lokeshwar (who goes by one identify).