Pune, Nov 20 (PTI) A Maharashtra government department on Thursday shifted 12 elderly persons from a privately-run shelter in Pune to an old age home after they were found living in makeshift huts in poor conditions for nearly a month, officials said.

The incident has triggered a departmental inquiry into the functioning of the shelter home and a parallel probe into a missing patient earlier referred there from the Sassoon General Hospital (SGH).

The action was taken by the Social Justice and Special Assistance Department.

Officials said the elderly persons were inmates of ASK Vrudhashram Anathashram, run by Rugna Aadhar Foundation, a trust registered with the Charity Commissioner in 2020.

The shelter, which accommodates senior citizens, orphans and persons with mental illness, vacated

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