Delhi starvation deaths: 3 girls given unknown medicines by father
New Delhi, July 28: A preliminary magisterial probe report on Friday sought "deeper investigation" into the conduct of the father of three girls, who allegedly died due to starvation in east Delhi, and said he had given them some "unknown medicine".
He has been untraceable since Tuesday when the sisters were found dead. According to the report which was submitted to the government, it is pertinent to mention an amount of Rs 1,805 was also available in the bank account of the eldest deceased child.
It
also
said
that
the
girls
were
suffering
from
loose
motion
and
vomiting
which
may
have
been
due
to
some
kind
of
stomach
infection,
but
they
were
not
provided
adequate
oral
rehydration
solution
(ORS)
and
proper
medication
that
might
have
caused
dehydration.
It
said
that
the
father,
Mangal
Singh,
gave
some
"unknown
medicine"
to
his
daughters
by
"mixing
it
in
hot
water"
during
the
night
of
July
23
and
he
has
not
returned
since
the
morning
of
July
24.
The conduct of the man "raises an element of doubt in the matter and requires further investigation", it said. The report said that the "nutritional condition of the deceased children was not quite well" although they were getting "some food items regularly".
"The
DCP
(East)
may
be
directed
to
conduct
proper
and
deeper
investigation,"
it
said.
The
sisters
were
declared
brought
dead
at
the
Lal
Bahadur
Shastri
Hospital
on
July
24.
The
initial
autopsy
reports
suggested
that
they
died
due
to
starvation.
A medical board at the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital had conducted a second autopsy at the request of the police which corroborated the first post-mortem report.
The viscera reports from the GTB Hospital were also awaited. The police said their teams were visiting places outside Delhi, including Noida, where the father of the girls had worked earlier.
The police had recovered some bottles of medicines from the place they were putting up.