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How a Jailed Schizophrenic Inspired Prison Reform in India


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Roy Varghese refused to be called by his name. Instead, he asked fellow inmates in ward No. 10 of India's Jaipur Central Jail, where he was serving a 10-year sentence for drug trafficking, to call him Hitler Baba Khan. In his mind, he crusaded against enemies on the battlefield; in real life, he was struggling with schizophrenia. Throughout Khan's incarceration, beginning in 1992, his mental condition went untreated, with authorities ignoring him as the delusions grew stronger.
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