New Delhi Mar 26 PTI The Delhi Commission for Women DCW has issued a notice to the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board DUSIB over serious lapses being found in a shelter home for mentally challenged women in Subzi Mandi area here A notice has also been issued to the Delhi Police over the rape of an inmate and a former staffer of the shelter home DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal and some members of the panel visited the shelter home being run by NGO Ashray Adhikar Abhiyan The commission found that the shelter housed nine mentally challenged women and girls the DCW said It was seen that no restoration efforts were being undertaken by the shelter for the women some of whom had been living in the shelter since 2014 It was found that proper case files were not maintained and there were no file notings or official records in any of the files it said The DCW also found that no steps were taken to initiate police action in the cases involving inmates The panel also said that proper health records of inmates were not being maintained even though all of them were prescribed medicines by the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences IHBAS The commission also observed that the shelter was being run by untrained staff and no SoPs were there to deal with the women and any emergencies arising at any time It also found that the facility had no guard during the day When the commission entered the shelter at 6 pm there was no one at the gate and no visitor registers were being maintained it said The commission also noted lack of training or recreational activities for the residents who remained inside throughout the day A former staffer of the home also told DCW that she and a 25-year-old resident of the shelter were raped by two men The Delhi Police has registered an FIR in the matter and is investigating the allegations However no arrests have been made till now the staffer alleged The commission has issued a notice to the DUSIB seeking a detailed action taken report on its observations The commission has asked the DUSIB to provide file noting of the decisions under which this shelter home for mentally challenged persons was set up along with SoPs It has sought copies of reports of inspections conducted by DUSIB officials of this shelter It has also asked for details of action taken against officials and NGO in the matter The commission has also issued a notice to the Delhi Police seeking urgent arrests in the matter along with protection for the survivors The authorities have been given time till 4 pm on March 28 for submission of the replies PTI SLB SMN

New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday cancelled the bail granted to a rape accused by the trial court ignoring the statement of the victim recorded before the Magistrate and other facts.

New Delhi Dec 24 PTI A 39-year-old mentally unstable man who came to Ambala in Haryana from Bihar around eight years ago and later reached the national capital has been reunited with his family police said on Friday According to the police the man identified as Shravan Mandal was with a two-year-old boy claiming to be his child The DNA samples have been taken to prove his claims On December 1 the Delhi Police found a man along with a two-year-old boy at Sadar Bazar area in the northern part of the city The police suspected the man to be mentally unstable Later he was admitted to the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences IHBAS and the boy was admitted to a childrens homeA senior police officer said We faced several difficulties as the man was not ready to talk For the police the child was more important and we wanted to know about the family members of the boy so that we can reunite them The police said the doctors at IHBAS hospital also cooperated with them and helped them in the investigation Later the man said his name is Shravan Mandal and that he is from Madhubani district in Bihar The police checked the voters list of Madhubani district on the Election Commissions website and three persons with similar names came to know following which the local police in Bihar was contacted the officer said The relatives of one Shravan Mandal who also went missing around four years ago from Bihar approached the police The police took them to IBHAS hospital but they refused to identify the man they said During further investigation a police team of assistant sub-inspector Vinod Walia and head constable Ashish Lakra contacted the BDOs of Phulparas Jhanjharpur Ghoghardiha and Nagar Panchayat Ghoghardiha who provided them local phone numbers Among them the number provided by the BDO Ghoghardiha belonged to Bathnaha village the officer said Mandals photograph was sent through WhatsApp and his family members identified him His brother Jai Prakash and brother-in-law Arun were called to IBHAS hospital Jai Prakash informed the police that Mandal has a wife and two daughters in the village Seven-eight years ago Mandal came to Ambala along with his brother to work in a factory However Mandal left Ambala after working for only one month the police said He reached Delhi and started living in the Madipur area He started working here after changing his name When his brother got to know about his location he came to the city to meet Mandal but he never met him they saidAccording to the police Jai Prakash also said that Mandal came in contact with a woman in Delhi and the woman later left him The boy most probably belongs to Mandal and that woman The police said that the boy is in a childrens home in Dhirpur and a DNA sample has been sent If the report is positive the child will be handed over to Mandal and his family members the officer said It is suspected that Mandal lost his mind after the woman left him and started wandering in the streets of Delhi the officer added PTI NIT SNE