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Anbu Jothi ashram case | Madras High Court grants bail to administrator Jubin Baby, wife Maria

The Madras High Court on Thursday, April 13, 2023 granted bail to Villupuram Anbu Jothi ashram administrator Jubin Baby, his wife J. Maria and five others facing charges of running an unauthorised home for the mentally challenged and using the inmates for human trafficking, organ trade and so on. Justice A.D. Jagadish Chandira said, the petitioners “who had been doing …

A five-member fact-finding team of the National Human Rights Commission arrived here on Tuesday to conduct an investigation into the alleged rape and torture of inmates of Anbu Jothi Ashram at Kundalapuliyur near Vikravandi in Villupuram district. The team, comprising Senior Superintendent of Police Patil Ketan Baliram; Monia Uppal; R. Santhosh Kumar; K. Biju; and Ekta Bhaudaria, visited the Government …

SCANDAL | Anbu Jothi Ashram case: Villupuram’s chamber of horror

The Gingee Police in Villupuram has informed the Madras High Court that inmates of the Anbu Jothi Ashram were administered psychiatric drugs, chained, and physically and sexually assaulted by the ashram staff.The Deputy Superintendent of Police filed a status report based on directions issued by the court earlier.The bench of Justice M Sundar and Justice Nirmal Kumar had sought the …

Anbu Jothi Ashram case | Delivered unto evil

The rooms are dark and dingy and a revolting stink emanates from the heaps of soiled clothes, dirty bed-sheets and torn linen on the windows and doors of the desolate three-storey building of Anbu Jothi Ashram for mentally ill and destitute persons at Kundalapuliyur near Vikravandi in Villupuram district. We learnt about the shocking developments only through media reports that …

Anbu Jothi Ashram case | CB-CID gets three days custody of eight accused persons, including owner and wife

The Crime Branch-CID has been granted three days custody of eight persons in the Anbu Jothi Ashram case, including the ashram’s owner Jubin Baby, his wife Maria and six other associates. The case relates to the illegal detention, sexual assault and suspected inter-state trafficking of residents of the ashram, many of whom were mentally ill, resulting in the disappearance of …

CB-CID begins probe in Anbu Jothi Ashram case

The Crime Branch-CID on Tuesday began its probe into the allegations of torture and sexual harassment of residents at Anbu Jothi Ashram at Kundalapuliyur near Vikravandi in Villupuram. The ashram’s two units at Vikravandi and Chinna Mudaliyar Chavady were shut down and 166 residents, including 45 women, were rescued and admitted to the Geriatric Ward of the Government Villupuram Medical …

Villupuram Anbu Jothi Ashram Case: Madras High Court Asks Police To File Action Taken Report

Villupuram Anbu Jothi ashram case | Madras High Court calls for ‘action taken’ report

The Madras High Court on Monday called for an Action Taken Report from the police on the action taken so far with respect to the Villupuram Anbu Jothi ashram case, where there have been allegations of torture, sexual assault and human trafficking of persons with mental illnesses admitted to the ashram. Subsequently, on a complaint lodged by him, the Kedar …

In a formal police complaint, Thangavelu, the Villupuram District Disabled Welfare Officer, has said inmates of Anbu Jothi Ashram at Kundalapuliyur in the district were subjected to mental and physical torture. Police failure Suspecting a possible human trafficking to other States from the ashram, the official called for registering cases under appropriate sections of law and taking legal action against …

Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai on Saturday requested Union Home Minister Amit Shah to involve the CBI in the probe in the Anbu Jothi Ashram case. Though the police on Friday transferred the probe to its CB-CID wing, Mr. Annamalai said it would be better if the CBI stepped in as the case involved three States. Referring to a …

Victims in the Anbu Jothi Ashram case shared their horrifying experiences with the fact-finding team of the National Commission for Women at the Government Hospital in Villupuram on Saturday. Police sources said the NCW took suo motu cognizance of the case based on media reports and constituted a fact-finding team to inquire into the allegations of torture and sexual assault …

Horror stories of rape and torture have leaked out of a shelter home in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram, from where over 100 inmates have been rescued so far. The tales of torture at Anbu Jothi Ashram in Villupuram came to fore after a US resident Salim Khan moved the Madras high court to get the authorities to act on his complaint …

Anbu Jothi ashram case | Four arrested for running destitute home in Villupuram without permit

The police have arrested four employees of a destitute home at Kundalapuliyur near here for running the centre without a valid permit. The police initiated action against Anbu Jyothi Ashram following a complaint from the relative of an inmate. When the police inquired with Anbu Jyothi Ashram, the authorities there informed that the inmate was transferred to another destitute centre …