mumbai the case involving the assault of 92yearold mulund resident laxmibai paleja has reached a crucial juncture with palejas daughterinlaw and grandson who have been accused of assaulting her scheduled to appear in the girgaum metropolitan court on friday the court summoned the two after palejas three daughters filed two cases in court following the polices refusal to register a cognisable complaint against the daughterinlaw darshana and grandson vinayinterestingly the police continue to refuse to file an fir and the nonagenarians daughters said that darshana and vinay have been untraceable since the incident was reported by the media attempts by toi to contact darshana and vinay have also proved futilepalejas daughter ratna lampat told toi that darshana and vinay have been missing for the past fourfive days they have fled we have been trying to contact them for the last four days but there is no response she said adding that when they went to darshana and vinays home it was found to be locked even their relatives dont know their whereabouts she saidmeanwhile almost a week after toi reported that the navghar police refused to register a cognisable complaint in palejas case no action has still been taken by the policethe 92yearold woman had to personally go to the girgaum metropolitan court to file a personal complaint because of police indifference said advocate ankit bhatta one of palejas daughters lives in girgaumon april 8 bhatta on behalf of palejas daughters filed two cases in the metropolitan court the first case was filed under section 12 of the protection of women from domestic violence act and the second case was filed under sections 325 and 344 of the ipc which deal with grievous hurt assault mental and physical torture as well as confinementnavghar police subinspector shirke said his seniors should be contacted however when dcp d karale was contacted he said i dont have the details of the case adding the officerincharge should be contacted directly when told that shirke had said he was not interested in talking about the case and had later disconnected calls from toi karale said he would look into the matterthe vakola police had acted promptly in nonagenarian m fernandes case so why are the mulund police being so indifferent to the case of an assaulted 92yearold asked bhattamansichoksitimesgroupcomwebsite to aid senior citizens launchedrti activist shailesh gandhi on thursday inaugurated silver innings a website dedicated to addressing the concerns of senior citizensthe website was started by four activiststhree from mumbai and one from pariswho are lobbying for the care of the elderly it hosts sections on health and medical issues relationships finance laws hobbies helplines counselling services and homes for the agedjohn f thattil regional director west of helpage india said that senior citizens constituted 75 of the total population in 2001 and that the number was expected to shoot up to 20 by 2050 this website is a new beginning for our elders it harnesses the modern and powerful medium of the internet to