<p class="title">An FIR was registered against Bihar's former social welfare minister Manju Verma and her husband under Arms Act following the recovery of 50 cartridges from her in-law's house during a CBI raid in connection with the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The CBI had on Friday raided nearly 12 places in four districts of Bihar, including residences of Manju in Patna and her in-law's place in Begusarai.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The FIR was registered on Saturday against Manju and her husband Chandrashekhar for recovery of 50 live cartridges from her in-law's house at Arjun Tola village during a raid, Cheria Bariarpur police station SHO Ranjit Kumar Rajak said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police said the live cartridges are of different firearms.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The FIR was registered against the couple by a CBI official, Rajak said but declined to name him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Manju had resigned as social welfare minister last week following a disclosure that her husband Chandrashekhar had spoken to the prime accused in the scandal, Brajesh Thakur, 17 times between January and June this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The scandal came to light two months ago when an FIR was lodged by the social welfare department following a social audit report submitted by Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Social Sciences which mentioned sexual abuse of girls lodged at the Muzaffarpur shelter home.</p>
<p class="title">An FIR was registered against Bihar's former social welfare minister Manju Verma and her husband under Arms Act following the recovery of 50 cartridges from her in-law's house during a CBI raid in connection with the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The CBI had on Friday raided nearly 12 places in four districts of Bihar, including residences of Manju in Patna and her in-law's place in Begusarai.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The FIR was registered on Saturday against Manju and her husband Chandrashekhar for recovery of 50 live cartridges from her in-law's house at Arjun Tola village during a raid, Cheria Bariarpur police station SHO Ranjit Kumar Rajak said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police said the live cartridges are of different firearms.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The FIR was registered against the couple by a CBI official, Rajak said but declined to name him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Manju had resigned as social welfare minister last week following a disclosure that her husband Chandrashekhar had spoken to the prime accused in the scandal, Brajesh Thakur, 17 times between January and June this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The scandal came to light two months ago when an FIR was lodged by the social welfare department following a social audit report submitted by Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Social Sciences which mentioned sexual abuse of girls lodged at the Muzaffarpur shelter home.</p>