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Lucknow: In a horrifying case, a servant couple allegedly held a retired railway employee and his mentally challenged daughter captive in a room for three years without giving them proper food in Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba district.
The servant couple were apparently driven by greed for property, which resulted in the death of the man and reduced the girl to a "skeleton".
According to the reports, the man, identified as Om Prakash Rathore, died on Monday owing to lack of proper food and care.
The girl was identified as Rashmi and was found naked and almost unconscious in the room.
Reports said that Rathore lived with his mentally challenged daughter in Mahoba town after retirement. His wife had died around nine years ago.
Rathore had hired a servant couple, Ram Prakash Kushwaha and his wife Ramdevi, to take care of himself and his daughter.
It was alleged that the accused couple took over the entire house, confined Rathore and his daughter to a room and deprived them of proper food.
The couple did not allow Rathore’s relatives to meet him and his daughter, reports suggested.
Police said that they were investigating the matter. They said that the autopsy report of the deceased would reveal the cause of death. Meanwhile, Rashmi was admitted to a hospital.