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Suspected starvation death in Capital

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: In what is suspected to be a case of hunger death, a young woman was found dead inside her house at Kalkaji here on Saturday under highly mysterious circumstances.

The body of 37-year-old Neeru -- who along with her sisters Poonam (40) and Dolly (43) -- lived in a one-room accommodation in Kalkaji was found inside her house in the morning. The Police Control Room received a call from a neighbour of the deceased around 10-30 a.m. saying that foul smell was emanating from inside a room in their neighbourhood and the door was closed from inside.

When the police team reached the spot and tried to break open the door of the house, one of the sisters opened the door. “When the door was opened we found that the two sisters were sitting beside the body of Neeru. The exact cause of death will be known after post-mortem report is received,” said a police officer, adding that Dolly and Poonam had also been admitted to a nearby hospital owing to signs of weakness.

The police said that the three sisters had been living together in the house for the past several years and their parents had died more than a decade ago. Their father had sought voluntary retirement from Indian Army and later worked with Delhi Transport Corporation as well.

Poonam, a Commerce graduate, who had been working with a private company in South Extension, had lost her job around six months ago. Dolly is a Post-Graduate while Neeru had studied up to Class 12.

“The three did not interact much with the neighbours and their cousins, who live close by,” said a police officer.

The neighbours claimed that they had even approached the police a month ago and told them that the three remained indoors for weeks together but the police did not took notice of it.

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