By IANS,
New Delhi/Noida : Two sisters locked up in their Noida home for seven months, were rescued Tuesday in a state of acute starvation, police said. The women have been admitted to Kailash Hospital in Noida.
According to the police, the sisters, around 40 years of age, had shut themselves up in their house for seven months after their father’s death.
“When the door was opened, everyone started vomiting because of the foul smell. The elder woman was half nude and I think, she was in coma. She could not speak and did not know what was going on. So I called Kailash Hospital,” social activist Usha Thakur, who accompanied police, told reporters here.
“I think they are mentally disturbed… their brother also left them and went to Sector 39 to stay there. There was no one to console or talk to them,” added Thakur.
Their food came from some canteen, she said.
“The neighbours said the food used to be kept outside the door,” added Thakur.
She said when the door of the house was opened, the women asked for water.
According to Sandeep Vohra, a psychiatrist, it could be a case of extreme emotional withdrawal.
“It could be extreme depression or depression underlined by some sort of psychotic element in it. In a case like this, both the daughters must have been emotionally dependent on their father and he may have been the one taking all the decisions for them,” said Vohra.
According to him, this could also happen to people who are deeply introvert in nature.