What's driving the cops crazy

Anju Yadav A 22-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh, who was rejected by Kusumbai Motichand Mahila Sevagram off Karve Road for apparent erratic behaviour, had to spend two days in the Shivajinagar Polic

A 22-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh, who was rejected by  Kusumbai Motichand Mahila Sevagram off Karve Road for apparent erratic behaviour, had to spend two days in the Shivajinagar Police Station premises, as none of the women’s shelter homes were ready to take her in. The Shivajinagar police tried their best to get her admitted to the mental hospital in Yerwada, but a city court rejected their plea.

The Sevagram authorities claimed that the girl was distressed and disturbed. She disturbed and abused the other 60 inmates at the home. “The girl was brought to us by the Shivajinagar Police Station authorities 52 days ago. We took care of the girl, but she continued to behave in an unruly manner.

This is affecting other girls here in an adverse way, hence we decided to hand her over to the police again, as she is mentally disturbed. This is not an appropriate shelter home for the girl. when she is calmer, she sits under a running tap for hours, till someone puts a stop to it.” the residential superintendent of the home, Sunita Joshi said.

Joshi said that before sending the girl back to the police station, she wrote several letters to the police station requesting them to take her away.

Three days ago, the girl Anju Rajendra Yadav was brought to the Shivajinagar Police Station. Shelter home authorities told the police that the girl was not mentally sound.

The police took custody of the woman and decided to send her to Yerwada Mental Hospital for treatment and admission. However, the mental hospital authorities in their report, stated that the woman speaks gibberish, but she was not mentally unsound.

A woman assistant sub-inspector, Nirmala Naik, took her to court after making a station diary note at the police station. Chief judicial magistrate Suchitra Ghodke threw some questions at the girl and found that the girl responded to them in a positive manner.

The judge then said that the girl was not mentally ill. The judge maintained that the certificate issued by the regional mental hospital did not disclose any abnormal act committed by the woman produced in court, so as to treat her as if she was mentally ill and so that medical treatment can be provided at the mental hospital. The court rejected the plea of the policemen to send her to regional mental hospital, Yerwada.

For the last two days, the constables of the police station were doing the rounds of shelter homes, requesting them to accommodate the girl. Finally, the girl was sent to a state government women’s home in Mundhwa late on Friday night.

When Mirror quizzed Anju, she said that she was married and has two kids. She had come to Pune to watch a film. “We have a home in Uttar Pradesh and many people stay in it,” she said adding that “I have not had a proper bath in the last many days.” Anju was found loitering around at the State Transport (ST) bus stand at Shivajinagar on November 11, 2010. Following this, she was admitted to Sevagram.

â–º The girl was brought to us by the Shivajinagar Police Station authorities 52 days ago. We took care of the girl, but she continued to behave in an unruly manner. This is affecting other girls here in an adverse way, hence we decided to hand her over to the police again, as she is mentally disturbed.”