77-year-old man booked for molesting girl in lift dies in jail
TNN | Updated: Jan 4, 2019, 00:04 IST
GHAZIABAD: A 77-year-old man, who was in judicial custody since December 25 after he allegedly molested a minor girl inside the lift of a highrise in Indirapuram, died in a government hospital in Ghaziabad on Thursday. The accused, Vasu Bhargava, had been booked on a complaint lodged by the parents of a minor girl, a Class III student.
Bhargava had been lodged at Dasna jail after his arrest. Jail authorities rushed him to MMG Hospital on Thursday afternoon when his health condition deteriorated. He died during treatment at the hospital. “The patient was gasping for breath and had no pulse when he was brought to the hospital. We tried to revive him in the emergency ward but were unsuccessful despite our efforts. The exact cause of death will be ascertained from the post-mortem report,” hospital superintendent Ravinder Rana told TOI .
Bhargava had been living with his family in a third-floor rented apartment in a highrise in Indirapuram for the past seven years. As per the FIR registered at Indirapuram police station, the molestation took place on the afternoon of December 24. Bhargava had entered a lift in which the minor girl and a friend of hers were going to their respective flats after playing in the housing society’s compound. The girl had rushed home and complained to her grandmother about being touched inappropriately inside the lift.
Bhargava’s family members told TOI that he had dementia after he met with an accident nearly five years ago. “He used to forget things. When inside a lift, he used to keep on pressing buttons irrespective of the floor to which he intended to go,” his 44-year-old son, Vishal, told TOI.
Bhargava had been lodged at Dasna jail after his arrest. Jail authorities rushed him to MMG Hospital on Thursday afternoon when his health condition deteriorated. He died during treatment at the hospital. “The patient was gasping for breath and had no pulse when he was brought to the hospital. We tried to revive him in the emergency ward but were unsuccessful despite our efforts. The exact cause of death will be ascertained from the post-mortem report,” hospital superintendent Ravinder Rana told TOI .
Bhargava had been living with his family in a third-floor rented apartment in a highrise in Indirapuram for the past seven years. As per the FIR registered at Indirapuram police station, the molestation took place on the afternoon of December 24. Bhargava had entered a lift in which the minor girl and a friend of hers were going to their respective flats after playing in the housing society’s compound. The girl had rushed home and complained to her grandmother about being touched inappropriately inside the lift.
Bhargava’s family members told TOI that he had dementia after he met with an accident nearly five years ago. “He used to forget things. When inside a lift, he used to keep on pressing buttons irrespective of the floor to which he intended to go,” his 44-year-old son, Vishal, told TOI.
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