Locked in their Home for 4 Years, 2 Women Rescued by Police

New Delhi: Two women locked in their house for nearly four years were rescued by the police on Wednesday.

Kalavati (42) and Deepa (20) were rescued from a first-floor room of their house in southwest Delhi's Mahavir Enclave area.

Their father-in-law Mahaveer Mishra, who was living in the house, told the police that he gave them food once a day whenever they asked for it. He that his wife passed away in 2000 and his two sons were killed in a road accident four years ago, after which Kalavati and Deepa had locked themselves up in the room.

An officer said that when police reached the spot, they found that the door of their room was open. The women were malnourished and staying in an unhygienic condition, he added. They even refused to go to the hospital with police. The duo are apparently suffering from a mental disorder and hallucinations, he said.

The police discovered the two women after a call from a neighbour. They are apparently suffering from depression.

Mishra said the women often claimed they spoke to his sons in the room and survived days without food.

He used to work as a linesman with MTNL and the family was surviving on his meagre pension, the officer said.

He said a local doctor was treating them as he did not have enough savings to admit them to a hospital.