India, April 10 -- The public health department constituted a three-member committee to investigate allegations that inmates at the Regional Mental Hospital (RMH) Yerawada were being made to perform daily work, even as complaints of poor hygiene and mismanagement surfaced at the facility.

The order was issued on Wednesday following circulation of videos on social media allegedly showing patients engaged in work within the hospital premises, prompting authorities to order an immediate inquiry.

In the order, the panel, headed by Dr Supriya Deshmukh, assistant director, health services, Pune division, with Arif Sayyed and Ganesh Auti as members, has been directed to conduct a detailed probe and submit a factual report with supporting docum...