parents leave son to die in captivity

Jamshedpur, Dec 12 (UNI) The darkest sins of mankind came alive in Sonari areas of Steel city where hearts of steel had left their son to die, locked in a room.

Seventeen-year old Abhishek Das is mentally deranged. he was kept locked up in a room. Last week his father and step-mother left the house with their two daughters with the boy left locked inside the room to face a slow and miserable death, police said. According to a neighbourer, the father of the boy K K Das and his second wife and their two daughters left the house about a week ago leaving the boy to his own fate in the locked room, where he had been kept in captivity for the alst five years.

The boy had gone into depression after his mother and the first wife of Das had reportedly committed sucide five years back.

Das got married a second time three years back and started neglecting the boy. His condition went from bad to worse with each passing day as he faced regular negligence, ill-treatment and humiliation.

The family members left the house all of a sudden a few days back without even informing the neighbours, who took notice of the plight of the captivated boy as he started moaning in pain from starvation and thirst.

One of the neighbourers informed the local police station and the boy was provided with food and water.

The police, who visited the house yesterday, said a case had been lodged and they are trying to locate the family. The police also assured to provide shelter to the helpless boy.

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