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DTC Staffer Told to Take Care of 90-Yr Old Mother
Munni
Dwarka (90), who was first thrown out by her sons and then forcibly
evicted from an old age home in Patel Nagar, has finally found a home. On
Saturday, the legal aid services directed her younger son to take her
home. Om Prakash, a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) employee lives in
Rohini. He
contended his mother left home on her own. But Dwarka told legal aids
services secretary Kamlesh Kumar Prakash had been ill-treating her and had
thrown her out. Kumar also asked the old age home to pay back the Rs
25,000 that she had deposited with them. The
station house officer of the area was also asked to visit Prakash twice a
week and submit a report to the court once a month. On June 15,
metropolitan magistrate Kamini Lau had directed the police to ensure that
Dwarka was safe at the old age home. The order was passed after the
elderly woman approached the court for help. According
to Dwarka, she was thrown out by the old age home in Patel Nagar where she
moved in after her sons refused to keep her. She was not permitted to
enter the home though she had paid Rs 25,000 to the caretaker. She had
also spent Rs 1,400 to repair her room’s door. Dwarka, however, did not accept the harassment silently. When the local police and the deputy commissioner of police (DCP) west Delhi did not pay heed to her requests, she approached the court. Dwarka expressed her desire to stay with her eldest son who works in the army. She claimed the old age home in-charge and one of the assistants had started harassing her a year back. Copyright
© 2002 Global Action on Aging
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