Rajasthan High Court takes suo motu cognisance of rising stray‑dog attacks, directing state authorities to submit an action plan within four weeks

Mumbai:

Food packets, mountains of garbage, clothes strewn about, broken furniture and layers of dust was what social workers found when former techie Anup Kumar Nair opened the door of his Navi Mumbai home. Apart from the delivery persons that used to get him food, this was the rare instance that he chose to open his door to anyone in the last three years.

Grieving the loss of his parents and brother, Mr Nair had isolated himself and had remained locked in his house since 2022.

Social workers from the Social and Evangelical Association for Love (SEAL) reached the 55-year-old’s house to find him in an unkempt condition, his hair overgrown and matted and with an infection that had turned the skin on his legs black. He would sleep on a chair in the living room and the bed was damaged beyond repair, visuals of his apartment showed.