HETAUDA: Manab Sewa Aashram has rescued as many as five mentally ill persons, including a woman from Simara area of Bara on Sunday. The mentally ill were rescued after Inspector Purusottom Khadka of Area Police Office, Simara requested the ashram to conduct a search for such persons living in the area. Ansu Karki, a campaigner of the ashram said that the mentally disturbed were rescued from the streets of Simara. It is said that Sangita Moktan, 29, and her two-year-old daughter were brought from Cahukitole of Hetauda to the Ashram some days ago.