Delhi Minister Atishi orders probe into Asha Kiran Shelter Home deaths

Delhi Minister Atishi on Friday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the Asha Kiran Shelter Home incident where multiple deaths occurred at a government mental health home. The order passed by the minister also called for action against negligent officers and recommended measures to prevent such incidents in the future, said a Delhi government release.

"The ACS, Revenue is hereby directed to immediately initiate a magisterial inquiry into the whole matter...and submit a report on the same within 48 hours, " said the official notification.

It further noted that the 14 deaths that took place at the Asha Kiran Shelter Home, a government home for the mentally challenged, were caused by health issues and malnutrition as a result of the lack of requisite facilities to the inmates.


"It is very shocking to hear such bad news in the capital city of Delhi and we cannot tolerate such kind of lapses, if found true. This is a very serious issue and needs to be thoroughly investigated in order to take hard steps to revamp whole system to improve the conditions of all such homes to provide better facilities to the inmates, " said the AAP-government statement.

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