Inmates of a privately run residential facility for disabled children in Bhopal Friday accused its founder of sexually abusing two girls and three boys and revealed grim details of what is happening inside the shelter home.

Three have been arrested including the founder identified as Mahesh Awasthy, an ex-army man, in related to the sexual abuse over a period of 10 years, according to India Today report.

The alleged victims and other inmates of the shelter home, which is located in the Bairagarh area of Bhopal and had a branch in Hoshangabad district until last year, submitted a complaint to police Friday evening. An FIR had also been filed in the matter.

According to the complaint, three boys and two girls were killed due to sexual abuse in the Bhopal shelter home by the 70-year-old ex-army man.

The inmates had alleged that one boy bled himself to death after he was sexually assaulted, another one died after his head was banged too hard on the wall and another one died of cold after he was forced to spend his night outside, according to an NDTV report.

Opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh latched onto the issue, alleging that government authorities had ignored a complaint filed in the past against the shelter home's founder who is also its director.

Earlier on Friday, nearly 40 inmates of the shelter home visited the Congress office in Bhopal, where the party's state media cell chief Shobha Oza held a press conference.

"A girl had complained about sexual harassment by the director to the Hoshangabad collector in February 2017. The complaint was found to be correct but no FIR was registered," Oza alleged according to news agency PTI report.

However, the Hoshangabad branch was closed following the complaint, Oza said.

Afterwards, another physically challenged girl and three boys were allegedly sexually abused by the director, the Congress leader claimed.

The victims filed a complaint with the Director of the Social Justice Department of the state government Friday.

Later in the evening, the victims along with Congress leaders reached the TT Nagar Police Station to file a complaint.

Deputy Inspector General of Police Dharmendra Choudhary said police have received the complaint, and a probe is being conducted.

(With PTI inputs)