Record payout awarded to sexual abuse victims in India

NEW DELHI - Survivors of a particularly grim corner of India's welfare system have been awarded thousands of dollars in compensation, a national human rights body announced this week.

Over a period of years, 34 of them were raped by shelter employees and officials of the state welfare department, according to police. At least one was as young as 10; the oldest was 19. It signals a partial reckoning with the government's responsibility amid an epidemic of sexual violence in India, even as other high-profile cases are prompting demands for judicial reform.

The abuse was uncovered in 2018 during the Bihar government's first independent audit of its social welfare institutions. It was notable for"carrying out sexual violence on the girls, all of a tender age and from marginalised backgrounds, in the name of punishment and discipline," the audit said."The girls reported that they were molested by the male staff on a regular basis."

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