Mentally ill near dargah treated worse than animals: Report

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Posted online: Sunday , January 27, 2008 at 06:15:11
Updated: Sunday , January 27, 2008 at 06:31:48

Ramanathapuram, January 27: The mentally challenged persons in and around Erwadi dargah were being treated worse than animals, a probe instituted to ascertain their conditions has found.

According to a report submitted by the Principal District and Sessions Judge J V Raj, who inspected the dargah on the direction of the Madras High court bench at Madurai, suggested that the government should set up a home and also a rehabilitation-cum-treatment centre for the mentally ill.

The report said that the relatives of the patients came to the dargah and offered prayers seeking cure of the patients.

"Some of them (patients) who were not cured were abandoned."

He also reported that many chronic mentally ill persons were seen chained to the trees. "The patients were heard abusing the visitors at times. The atmosphere around the dargah was also dirty and unhygienic. It is a pathetic site and nobody cares for them".

The rehabilitation centre should accept the mentally ill persons after obtaining permission from the Judicial Magistrate concerned. They should be segregated according to the nature of ailment and given treatment.

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information by imran sheriff on 22 Jun 2008

Lots of people come to ervadi dargah and get blessings from ibrahim badhusha and get success but a tragedy happen in ervadi about fire few years back its a fault from shed owners who were taking care of patients when this fire tragedy happen its not a fault from dargah side lakhs of people gets cure in dargah.Please dont blame on dargah when this fire tragedy happend. Now these days also people believe dargah because they are saint of god and coming from the family of prophet mohammed sallalla hu alaihivosallam.dargah is the place which make impossible to possible from the blessings of the saints. This is not the business what they are doing people go to dargah to get blessings from the saints.In islam people can get anyone blessings.Lots of mentally ill people also get cured in ervadi dargah.One more time this is for your information dont blame on ervadi dargah when this fire tragedy happend. blame the shed owners.

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Erwadi by sayed on 12 May 2008

Government should strctly band these type of treatements.

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Dargah Business by Riz on 28 Jan 2008

The business of dargah in actual is not allowed in Islam. These are the practices of uneducated mass. The situation is pathetic which gives wrong signals, the fact is cleanliness of heart, soul and the body is mandatory for every muslim and according to Islam it is one halfth of the relegion. Government should put pressure asking the dargah authorities to maintain atleast a minimum level of tidyness in the dargah campus and also the Human Rights activist should look into the issues of mentally ill people.

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Mentally ill near dargah treated worse than animals by Deepesh on 28 Jan 2008

Its cruel to see that even in todays world where technology and people are growing, people still consider Dargahs

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