New Delhi, June 28 -- In a shocking and deeply disturbing incident, at least 42 elderly people were rescued from an "illegal" old-age home after a police raid at the institution found living in inhuman and abusive conditions. Some women tied up and many of the residents holed up in "basement-like" rooms without clothes. While most of the elderly men were not wearing clothes, the women were given partial clothing. Many of them were found with urine-stained or feces-stained clothes.

A joint team of the Uttar Pradesh State Women Commission (UPSWC), Noida Police, the Social Welfare Department, and the District Probation Welfare Department carried out a surprise inspection, found the old-age home was found in a deplorable condition and subseq...