Manish Sisodia, Deputy CM, Delhi, accepts responsibility for the death of three children allegedly due to starvation. Speaking to ANI, Sisodia said, "Our system has failed. I have sought a report from ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) asking if these people were on our records. If yes, then why were these girls not helped?

"We gave an immediate financial aid of Rs 25,000 and their mother will be admitted to hospital and will make sure that she gets the best treatment. Once their father returns we'll provide more financial help."


The sub-divisional magistrate of Delhi's Preet Vihar area said two separate inquiries have been initiated to probe the death of three sisters in East Delhi.


"We are doing a separate enquiry on the incident apart from the police. Reports of the second post-mortem are yet to come. Last rites have been performed," Preet Vihar SDM Arun Gupta told ANI.


The initial post-mortem examination report indicated that the girls, aged two, four and eight, died of starvation.


Police were reportedly treating it as a case of natural deaths initially, but the recovery of pills and medicine bottles prompted them to look into the poisoning angle.


The girls, who were brought to the hospital by a member of the family, were declared dead on arrival. 

BJP members attacked the Aam Aadmi Party government in the Lok Sabha over the issue today. Raising the matter, Ramesh Bidhuri, Parvesh Verma, and Mahesh Girri claimed there was a "ration scam" in Delhi, resulting in subsidised grains not reaching the poor. The area where the tragedy occurred falls in the constituency of Delhi's deputy chief minister, Bidhuri said attacking the AAP government.