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Starvation deaths: Delhi Police to search missing dad in West Bengal

Mangal's friend Narayan had given clues to police on where the father could possibly be in West Bengal.

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The Delhi police has sent a team of officers to West Bengal to look for Mangal Singh, the missing father of the three minor girls who allegedly died due to starvation in east Delhi's Mandawali area.

According to the officials, Mangal's friend Narayan had given clues to police on where the father could possibly be in West Bengal. The police said that they had checked all the places in Delhi after examining Mangal's friends, acquaintances, and employers in the Capital and couldn't find him. Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Pankaj Singh said, "The search has been extended and a team of three officers has been sent to West Bengal to look for girls' father."

Mangal's daughters Mansi (8), Shikha (4) and Parul (2) were taken to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital on Tuesday by his wife Beena – who's mentally unstable – and his friend Narayan who had sheltered the family in his rented accommodation. The girls were declared dead on arrival.

Sub Divisional Magistrate's report on Friday stated that the father had given some medicines to the girls on Monday which "raised an element of doubt", the report read. After giving them the 'medicine', Singh left the house without informing either his wife or his neighbours.

Mangal Singh was a rickshaw-puller, but a few days back, some people had reportedly taken away his rickshaw. Since then, he had no job. The colony where the family resides has about 10 houses, mostly occupied by daily wage labourers. Neighbours have said that they were not aware that the children were starving as most of the children in the colony keep asking for food randomly.

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