Tamil Nadu Congress Committee basic council member G. Krishnamurthy has lodged a grievance with the Cuddalore Collector and Superintendent of Police that his elder brother Jayakumar, 60, admitted to a house for the aged in Cuddalore is missing after he was shifted to the Anbu Jothi Ashram in Villupuram district.
In his grievance, Mr. Krishnamurthy stated he had admitted his brother to an outdated age house run by the Ignite Charitable Trust, Enikkara Thottam, Cuddalore, in July 2022. Two months later, the house workers knowledgeable him that his brother was being shifted to the Anbu Jothi Ashram, Kundalapuliyur, since remedy and different amenities have been higher there.
After stories of inmates going missing from the house, he contacted the Anbu Jothi Ashram to investigate in regards to the standing of his brother. But they claimed that Jayakumar was shifted to Karunai Illam run by Saranalayam Trust at Vaniyambadi in Vellore district.
He appealed to the officers to register a case and examine whether or not his brother was alive or useless. “I have no idea where my brother is now. Some are saying that he died sometime in December last year in Vellore. But I received no such intimation from the ashram. No case has been registered on my complaint even after I met the Superintendent of Police and Collector in person and gave a written complaint that my brother is missing,” Mr. Krishnamurthy informed The Hindu on Thursday.
He stated enquiries made within the Cuddalore ashram revealed his brother was shifted to Anbu Jothi Ashram together with 5 others in an ambulance. “There was no need to transfer my brother to a home for the mentally challenged. I have serious doubts on the functioning of these ashrams. If my brother is no more, then it gives strong reasons to suspect human trafficking. Some party workers are informing me that my brother died a couple of months ago…if that is true then a case of suspicious death has to be registered,” he stated.
Drug abuse
The Congress leader, quoting current and former inmates of the ashram in Cuddalore, stated individuals shifted to the Anbu Jothi Ashram and different houses have been tortured and given medicine that may have an effect on their psychological stability. He stated a lady inmate who was admitted with the ashram fell unconscious after she was pressured to take some medicine. She regained senses consciousness after three days and escaped from there, he stated.
“The ashram authorities have my contact details. In case my brother died due to some ailment, they should have informed me about his death. But there was no information,” he added.
