The victim, Gitta (22), has been living there for the past four years and was allegedly harassed by an employee regularly who asked him to vacate the place, as he had outgrown the shelter home’s maximum age limit of 21 years, said a police official.
Usually, children are allowed to stay in the shelter home till they turn 18 years old. In some cases, they get an extension of three years after attaining the upper age limit of 18 and Gitta was one such case, said a source. He further said, one of the staff had begun pressurising him to leave but he refused to do so because being an orphan, he had no place to go to.
‘On Friday, he was too disturbed and allegedly hanged himself in his room. It was a failed suicide attempt and he was admitted in the LNJP hospital. He is now out of danger,’ said the police official.
Gitta’s elder brother, Bobby, complained that the staff of the children home harasses all the boys living there. They were trying to evict Gitta and one of the sweepers had attacked him once in the past. On being severely pressurised, Gitta took this extreme step on Friday, said the source. Most of the children living in that shelter are orphans and they have nowhere to go, the source added.
Usually, children are allowed to stay in the shelter home till they turn 18 years old. In some cases, they get an extension of three years after attaining the upper age limit of 18 and Gitta was one such case, said a source. He further said, one of the staff had begun pressurising him to leave but he refused to do so because being an orphan, he had no place to go to.
‘On Friday, he was too disturbed and allegedly hanged himself in his room. It was a failed suicide attempt and he was admitted in the LNJP hospital. He is now out of danger,’ said the police official.
Gitta’s elder brother, Bobby, complained that the staff of the children home harasses all the boys living there. They were trying to evict Gitta and one of the sweepers had attacked him once in the past. On being severely pressurised, Gitta took this extreme step on Friday, said the source. Most of the children living in that shelter are orphans and they have nowhere to go, the source added.