INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
and raped over a period of four years -- was seen with a wide grin while being led away by the police over the weekend
him of systematic rape, abuse and torture.Brajesh Thakur and nine others are accused in a police charge-sheet that details a network of
police, politicians, administration and criminals behind the sexual assault of girls, the youngest a seven-year-old speech-impaired child
by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in a research paper earlier this month.Brajesh Thakur was responsible for much of the depravity,
The others involved included the home's caretaker, "Kiran Aunty", who often sexually abused the girls
The On Tuesday, the police said 11 women have disappeared from another shelter home run by Brajesh Thakur.Locals say Brajesh Thakur, who ran
a local daily, "Pratah Kamal", was known in Patna's corridors of power
He ran several non-profits and was a member of several state-level media committees, including the press accreditation, Press Information
Bureau and the Bihar assembly press committee
Many have accused him of bribing his way to profit and privileges.Old-timers say in the 1990s, his father was arrested by the CBI in
connection with selling newsprint quota.
