In an incident which reflects apathy at its peak, a 72-year-old man was found abandoned in his own house with…
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In an incident which reflects apathy at its peak, a 72-year-old man was found abandoned in his own house with an infection in his foot, in Delhi’s Dilshad Garden area on Tuesday.
A retired government employee, identified as Amarjeet, had nobody to look after him as his children live in Canada, while his wife had died few years ago, said media reports.
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He was discovered by police after neighbours complained of foul smell emanating from the house. Police was alerted on Saturday.
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As per media reports, the retiree hadn’t eaten in days and was severely dehydrated. When the police rescued him, he appeared to have a maggot infection on the foot and was in a disoriented state of mind.
Amarjeet was later handed over to a local NGO, which will now rehabilitate him, police said.
On a pension of Rs 2,500 per/month, Amarjeet was living in a single room, where he would lock himself when he wasn’t expecting visitors.
“He has been living inside his one-room house for some years, and had rented out some of the rooms in the building to a local for Rs 4,000,” the officer said.
Locals claimed they never saw his children, but would notice a woman come every once in a while. The man was living off food ration handed over to him by a relative, who also appeared to have stopped visiting him of late.
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