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25 Jun 2009, 2253 hrs IST, TNN
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KENDRAPADA: Two children have been in Kendrapada sub-jail ever since their father, grandfather and grandmother were arrested a week ago for
allegedly killing their mother. Rojalini (6) and Swadhin (2) a week were left alone at their house in Srirampur, Pattamundei after the arrest. Sothe police also lodged them in jail.
"Both the kids are in the sub-jail thanks to the police's negligence. Police should have handed the children to their maternal grandparents or found a children's home for them," human rights activist Prafulla Naik said. Damayanti Mallik, the chidlren's mother, allegedly committed suicide by setting herself afire last week. Later, her father filed an FIR at Pattamundei police station and alleged that his daughter was burnt to death by her husband and in-laws. "After arresting them, police produced them in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) at Pattamundai . The court rejected their bail applications and remanded them in jail," a police officer said.
"The state's women and child development department and some NGOs run boarding schools for children of prisoners in Bhubenswar and other places. Police and jail authority should admit them to these or other children's homes," senior lawyer of Kendrapada Saroj Raj Singh said.
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