Brajesh Thakur gets life imprisonment in Muzzafarpur shelter home sexual abuse case

A Delhi court had convicted Thakur on 20 January under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and offences of rape and gang rape.

File image: Main accused in the Muzaffarpur shelter home case, Brajesh Thakur being taken to a special POCSO court, in Muzaffarpur | PTI

New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday sentenced Brajesh Thakur to life imprisonment for sexually and physically assaulting several girls in a shelter home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district.

Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Kulshreshtha sentenced Thakur to life imprisonment for remainder of his natural life.

The court had on January 20 convicted Thakur, who once unsuccessfully contested assembly polls on Bihar People’s Party (BPP) ticket, of several offences including aggravated penetrative sexual assault under section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and offences of rape and gang rape under the Indian Penal code.