Deaf-mute raped in Bhopal

Bhopal: A deaf and mute girl, an inmate of a shelter home here, was allegedly raped by the director of the facility, the police said on Thursday.

The accused, identified as Aswini Sharma, was arrested on Thursday, inspector general of police (law and order) Makrand Deoskar said.

The shocking incident comes in the wake of exposure of rape of girls in shelter homes in Muzaffarpur in Bihar and Deori in UP, sparking a national outcry.

The alleged victim, a resident of Dhar in Madhya Pradesh, identified the accused when the latter was paraded before her on Thursday evening, the police said.

According to the police, the girl who had been staying in the shelter home here run with assistance grants from social justice department of Union government, for the last three years, was allegedly raped several times by the director of the home. She had fled the shelter home four months ago following this, the police said.

Her family had been approaching the police for action against for the past four months.