Two children abandoned by their parents for four days without food and water were rescued from their Samaypur Badli home in outer Delhi last week, police said. Eight-year-old Alka and three-year-old Jyoti were rescued after neighbours called police on August 19. Officials said the sisters, frail due to hunger and thirst, were found on a rickety charpoy in a dingy room. The sisters were nearly dead and their wounds had started to rot,” a police official said. “The sisters were rushed to the Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital in Rohini.

Source: Hindustan Times August 26, 2016 08:55 UTC