Day after homecoming, Judith keeps to herself

Kolkata: Judith D'Souza, back home after a 44-day ordeal in Afghanistan, rested throughout Monday while a team of cops kept vigil outside her CIT Road home to keep curious people at bay.
A day after Judith returned home, she spent the entire day confined to her first-floor apartment with her parents and elder brother and sister. She was released from captivity on Friday and reached Kolkata on Sunday.
"She has been taking rest since she returned home," said elder brother Jerome, who stepped out of home in the afternoon. "Even we are not disturbing her or trying to engage her in conversation," he added.
According to what Judith told Jerome about her captivity, she had been kept in a dark room for several days, which is why she was taking time to readjust.
Not a single relative or friend dropped in to the D'Souza household to meet Judith because the family does not want to be disturbed.
A few politicians who wanted to visit the family were politely refused. "Not a single person has come to their home today. Even the family is staying indoors. Only 'Jerome babu' stepped out a few times," said a policeman.
P106 CIT Road, where Judith stayed with her family in a first-floor apartment, shot to the limelight since she was abducted in Kabul on June 9. But life has changed for the nine families in the five-storeyed building, which has families from various parts of the country, since Judith returned on Sunday night.
Several residents were amused. "It feels as if we are VIPs," smiled a young lady who stays in the building and did not wish to be named. "But it is also a little intimidating. Whenever we go out or come inside the building, the cops look at us with suspicious eyes," she added.
A team of eight officers have been posted at the main entrance of the building for round-the-clock vigil. "No stranger is being allowed inside the building for security reasons. Even regular visitors, such as the milkman, the newspaper delivery man and other people are being allowed only in the morning. Anybody who does not stay here is being turned back in the evening," said an officer posted at the gate.