Mentally ill Delhi woman found staying in house with mother's body - India
A 50-year-old mentally challenged woman stayed in her south Delhi house with the body of her octogenarian mother for a few months, not recognising that she was dead, the police said today. The decomposed body of Vinod Gupta, 80, was discovered from her residence in Saket D-Block yesterday afternoon after a DJB employee, who came there to check the water meter, became suspicious and informed the police. A police team came to the spot and knocked the door but there was no response. After sometime, police broke open the door only to sense a foul smell emanating from the room and find a woman, later identified as Shalini, the deceased's daughter, sitting there, a senior police officer said. "Then we found a decomposed body on the bed which was identified as that of her mother. We asked the woman about it but she did not speak. She did not tell anything. She appeared to be mentally challenged," the official said. "There were parts of bones and flesh. The body was badly decomposed. We collected the body parts and took them to AIIMS for postmortem," the officer said. The deceased was also found to be wearing socks. It appears that she died a few months ago, the officer said it was surprising that none of the neighbours could find out about the death earlier. The official said they were awaiting the postmortem report to ascertain when she died and the cause of death. Prima facie, he said, it did not appear that there was any foul play in the incident. http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_mentally-ill-delhi-woman-found-staying-in-house-with-mother-s-body_1433913 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/MhaNewsViewsIndia?hl=en ------------- Affiliated Groups : MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY INDIA [email protected] Discussions on mental health law / policy / plan monitoring / human rights etc [email protected] India-specific news and views related to mental health [email protected] Information and support to carers of people with mental health issues [email protected] Mutual support and sharing of experiential knowledge, skills and social learning amongst peers
