NEW DELHI, Feb. 27 -- In the second week of February this year, Tamil Nadu woke up to newspaper reports of blood chilling episodes of not only torture and physical attacks but even sexual exploitation of residents at a privately run shelter home - Anbu Jothi Ashram (AJA) located in Villupuram, Tamil Nadu.

What we know so far is Halideen, a resident of Tiruppur, admitted 70-year-old Zafirullah (uncle of his close friend Salim Khan presently in the US) at AJA on 4 December 2021. Zafirullah did not have any close relatives to look after him. Later, when Halideen tried to meet Zafirullah, he was informed by the owners of AJA that the latter and some others had been transferred to another home in Bengaluru on 6 December 2021. Halideen, then p...