Shelter Home Denies Beef & Torture Claims
Head of St Francis Sevadham ashram Sinto Verghese refuted the claims of feeding beef to the children and abusing them.
Verghese further said that the claims are being made in order to defame the ashram since it is embroiled in a legal battle over the land on which it stands.
“The father has been provoked and is being manipulated by those who want to malign the name of the shelter home. We are fighting a legal battle for the land where the shelter has been built. It was on lease which was being renewed until the last few years. The state government didn’t renew the lease and wanted us to vacate the place. The case is under trial and the next hearing is scheduled for 14 December. So we knew already that there will be attempts to defame our ashram.”
Social worker Pramila Maurya, who facilitated Deepak’s kids’ admission into the shelter home, told The Quint that it was done only because Deepak was not in a state to look after his…