Kumari, who had been absconding since the police registered a case on May 31 against 11 persons including her and the main accused Brajesh Thakur, in a surprise development for the CBI officials in Muzaffarpur, appeared before them and claimed innocence. Soon after she surrendered in a local court.
Kumari informed the officials that she does not have close relations with Thakur and worked as his employee.
According to police officials, Kumari, a resident of Chaturbhuj Sthan, a red light area in Muzaffarpur, had been working with Thakur's NGO as a social worker since 2001.
The CBI is probing the case and the Supreme Court is monitoring it.
Of the 42 girls lodged at the short-stay home run by Thakur's NGO, 34 were found to have been sexually assaulted. The crime came to light after a social audit by the Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai.
The shelter home has been sealed.
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