The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights had sought information on the alleged conversion of children in a hostel run by a Christian organization,
New Delhi: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) under the Ministry of Women and Child Development has written a letter to the Madhya Pradesh government.
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In this letter, we have asked to take action against the District Magistrate (DM) of Sagar district for not providing the information sought on the matter of conversion of children in a hostel run by a Christian organization in Madhya Pradesh.
The hostel is in Bina in Sagar district, where the subdivisional police, district population officer (DPO) and assistant district prosecution officer (APO) of Sagar told the central government in September that they had conducted the investigation and had some sort of information. The NCPCR wrote this letter to the state government after the central government intervened, not provided.
In June 2015, an investigative report was published in Outlook magazine, which said that three 31 RSS-affiliated girls in five districts of Assam were allegedly smuggled into Punjab and Gujarat by three organizations affiliated to the RSS.
The State Commission for Protection of Child Rights wrote a letter to NCPCR to take action in this matter.
The report said that these girls, some of whom are just three years old, were forced to adopt Hinduism, speak Hindi and abandon their customs.
However, the NCPCR did not intervene in the matter and right-wing organizations sought to promote feelings of animosity and hostility against the magazine, its editor and reporter, by spreading hatred among various religious, racial, linguistic and regional groups, castes and communities. Filed a criminal complaint in the Guwahati High Court.
The news of the recent action of NCPCR has so far been published only on the right-wing online news site Swarajya, which is the mouthpiece of the RSS.
According to the Swarajya report, he called the central government's action rare. The intervention of NCPCR in this case is based on a news report published in the Hindi newspaper 'Patrika' in July.
According to Swarajya, the magazine report said that the Sagar district administration rescued nine girls from Bina's Euphrasia Bhavan hostel. A girl reportedly said that she was forced to worship a particular goddess.
In the report of the magazine, quoting the Child Welfare Committee of Vidisha district, it seems that these girls were illegally kept in hostels and it seems to be a case of conversion.
However, till that time there was no Child Welfare Committee (CWC) in Sagar. Vidisha's CWC took statements of these girls.
The Swarajya report had published statements of the girls, stating, "There was no worship here and there is no temple." Madame Christian used to pray and wear something around her neck. '
On July 14, the NCPCR took cognizance of that news report and sought an action report on the matter from the DM of Sagar district but reportedly did not get any reply on it.
The Commission issued summons on August 17 and directed the DM to provide information on the following 13 points: -
Based on the statements of the children, what action did the administration initiate?
Was an FIR registered under sections 42, 75 and 82 of the Juvenile Justice Act?
Why was the hostel open when all the schools and coaching institutes were closed on the orders of the government due to the Corona epidemic?
How many more hostels are run by the organization run by Euphrasia Bhawan hostels in Madhya Pradesh and from where is their funding?
On September 15, some officials of Sagar administration were questioned on not getting any response from the District Magistrate.
The officials told NCPCR that they have completed their investigation in this matter and there is no information on this matter which can be given to the commission.
These officers include Bina's subdivision police officer, district population officer (DPO) and Sagar's assistant district prosecution officer (APO).
However, the Commission said that the District Magistrate of Sagar district failed to provide the information, which in a way is similar to suppressing the information.
On 27 November, the NCPCR wrote a letter to the Chief Secretary of the state, Iqbal Singh Bains, instructing him to take action against the District Magistrate for not discharging his duties.
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