Delhi Shelter Home Deaths: 14 mentally ill people living in the Delhi government’s shelter home ‘Asha Karan’ in Rohini in the capital have died. After receiving information about this matter, the Arvind Kejriwal government has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the entire matter and sought a report within 48 hours.
In the case of 14 deaths at the government shelter home ‘Asha Kiran’ in Rohini, Delhi since January 2024 till now, Delhi Minister Atashi has initiated an immediate magisterial inquiry with the Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue), ANI reported. Said to do. And directed to submit report within 48 hours.
Provisions were made for 500 people, housing 950 people. Shocking claim of 14 deaths in Delhi shelter home
The minister also directed to recommend action against those whose negligence led to these deaths and recommend measures to prevent recurrence of such incidents in future. Atashi said that the capital Delhi is very shocked to hear such bad news and if it is true, we cannot tolerate such negligence. This is a very serious issue and should be fully investigated.
Most of the dead were between 20 and 30 years old.
“Three in January, two in February, one in March, three in April and zero in May. However, there was an alarming increase in the numbers in June and July,” reported The Indian Express. ”
According to official sources, most of the dead were between the ages of 20 and 30 and the cause of death was attributed to various health problems including lung infection, TB and pneumonia. Sources said that the post-mortem of the two bodies is yet to be done at the Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital run by the Delhi government in Rohni. An official source said there were also cases in which people showed symptoms of malnutrition. The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report is also awaited to rule out the possibility of food poisoning.
Asha Karan has been embroiled in controversies before, 196 died 6 years ago.
Run by the Social Welfare Department of the Government of Delhi, this shelter home was established in 1989 at Rohini Sector-I with a living capacity of 350 people. At that time it was the only government asylum for the mentally challenged in the whole of North India. However, Asha Karan has been surrounded by controversies due to the number of deaths in the past few years.
According to records, 123 men and 73 women died in Asha Kiran between 2011 and 2017. 16 deaths occurred in November and December in 2008-09. A total of 23 people died between December and January 2009-10. nine between August and September 2012-13; 13 in October and November 2013-14; There were 11 deaths in April-May 2014-15 and 13 in November-December 2015-16, while seven deaths occurred in November-December 2017-18. After receiving information about each death, the local district magistrate has to send a report to the National Human Rights Commission.
