September 20, 2018:
She was rescued by Delhi Commission for Women volunteers along with 14 policemen from Rohini.
Two slices of bread with butter, eggs and a glass of milk the 52-year-old woman’s breakfast on Wednesday was a hearty meal compared to the two slices of bread and a cup of coffee she was fed every four days while she was allegedly locked inside a room on the terrace of her elder brothers’ house in Rohini for over five years.
Woman was severely malnourished and covered in her own faeces, was rescued by Delhi Commission for Women volunteers along with 14 policemen from Rohini (North) PS on Tuesday.
She was then sent to IHBAS, and was later referred to Ambedkar Hospital.
According Police, one of her brothers (55), Naresh, called DCW helpline number on Wednesday, following which the brother who kept her on the terrace, Sunil, and his wife were arrested and let out on bail later.
As per police, Sunil and his wife claimed the woman was “mentally unstable” and preferred to live on the terrace, stating that their only mistake was “not getting the woman admitted to a psychiatric facility”.
Both brothers lived on separate floors of two-storey house.
According to Police, they were embroiled in a Property dispute. Police added that Naresh claimed he was “not allowed to go to the terrace because of the dispute”.
Residents of the block where the accused lived told that the woman would throw disposable cups at them, weep during the night and starve for days, adding that they did not approach police as they “were waiting for her family to do that”.
Sunil claimed that their mother, who is now dead, would “feed and wash the woman, but nobody could force her to bathe”. After their mother died, the neglect escalated.
Police added that they discovered a rusted water cooler and a bathroom with no water connection on the terrace.
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