Orphanage sealed after children complain of abuse

The New Indian Express

"The Juvenile Aid Police Unit (JAPU) of Chennai city police and the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) workers have sealed an unlicenced juvenile orphanage home ‘SEERS’ (Socio-Economic Education Rehabilitation Society) at Sathyamurthy Nagar in Vyasarpadi on Monday, and all the 18 juveniles were shifted to other juvenile care homes," says this article from the New Indian Express. According to the article, "one of the girls staying in the home informed the ‘1098’ child helpline that the director, his brother, son and few more in his family had been sexually abusing the girls who stayed there, especially during the pandemic lockdown."