1. Body Of Cop’s Son Found Dumped In Aarey Bushes
Aarey police on Wednesday found the dead body of a 20-year-old son of an Economic Offences Wing police officer, who was missing since Monday, from bushes near the Royal Palms Lake in Aarey.
Police believe Atharva Shinde, a student, was killed as the dead body had multiple injuries on his body. Aarey police registered a case of murder following a preliminary post mortem report. The city crime branch too has launched a parallel probe in the case.
According to the police, Atharva a resident of Kandivali had left his house on Sunday for an overnight party with his friends in Aarey Colony. While the boy was in touch with his parents till Monday morning, he went missing since. On Wednesday morning, at around 9 am, police received a call informing them that a dead body was found in the bushes near Royal Palms Lake in Aarey. The cops recovered the body and shifted it to a nearby hospital.
“The death is suspected to be unnatural since marks were found on his body,” said a police official.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
2. Chhagan Bhujbal’s Son Meets Uddhav Thackeray
Senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal’s son Pankaj met with Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray at his residence Matoshree in Mumbai on Wednesday. Both Pankaj and Uddhav said it was a courtesy call. In less than 72 hours after Chhagan Bhujbal was granted bail, he received more than a dozen leaders from the Congress, Shiv Sena, BJP and his party NCP in the hospital where he is undergoing treatment.
Sena mouthpiece Saamana said, “Bhujbal was in prison for two years on charges of moneylaundering. Whereas, in a similar case, former union minister P Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram was granted bail within eight days of his arrest (March 2018).”
It said, “Often, laws are misused to settle political scores.” Mentioning how in the past Bhujbal, when he was the home minister of Maharashtra, had wanted to arrest Bal Thackeray for his hard hitting speeches and writings, it said Bhujbal had also paid for his past.
Reciprocating Sena’s support, Pankaj Bhujbal (MLA), representing the NCP, called on Uddhav Thackeray to express his thanks on behalf of his father. The Shiv Sena has high political stakes in Nashik district, the home and political stronghold of the Bhujbals.
(Source: Indian Express)
3. Man Jumps From 11th Floor Of Nariman Point Building, Dies
A Romanian national allegedly jumped from the 11th floor of Maker Chambers V in Nariman Point on Wednesday morning and died, the Cuffe Parade police said.
The police said that although they were yet to identify the victim, a travel agent had told them the man was a Romanian national, who was struggling with his finances. The agent said the man had travelled in his luxury bus from Goa to Mumbai, and that locals in Goa had helped collect money to pay for his ticket to Mumbai, so that he could seek help from the Romanian consulate (which they mistakenly believed was in Mumbai; it has shifted to Delhi).
The victim allegedly jumped from the window near a staircase on the 11th floor of Maker Chambers V.
The Cuffe Parade police have registered an accidental death report (ADR) in the case.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
4. Man Run Over While Warning Commuters During Disruption
A Bandra tailor who was trying to alert trackside commuters about an oncoming train near Matunga died after he was hit by another local on Wednesday afternoon, a tragic sequence of events that was triggered by engine trouble.
Mohammad was admitted to Sion Hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries. He is survived by his wife and nine children, most of whom live in native Uttar Pradesh. His 24-year-old son, Aftab, came to Mumbai two years ago to help Mohammad, who had been struggling to provide for their large family.
“I received a call and I rushed to Sion Hospital. My father had passed away by then. I haven’t informed my mother yet. I don’t know what to tell her,” Aftab said.
Mohammad, cousin, Ismail, blamed the railways for his death. “No in-train announcements are made when there is a disruption. What are commuters supposed to do? Just wait inside stuffy coaches?” he asked.
IM Sheikh, a constable with the Government Railway Police, said the mishap occurred at 1:35 pm and he and others promptly attended to Mohammad, rushing him to Sion Hospital. “He stopped responding to treatment around 3:45 pm,” Sheikh said.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
5. FIR Against Arnab Goswami: Congress Asks What Action Taken By Cops So Far
The Congress on Wednesday asked the Maharashtra Police what action had been taken so far in the abetment to suicide case lodged against three people, including Republic TV’s editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, following the death of an interior designer at his residence in Alibaug near Mumbai.
“What is the action taken by the Maharashtra Police on the FIR lodged by Akshata Anvay Naik?” Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said in a statement. “In the suicide note Anvay Naik mentions the name of Arnab Goswami and others for non-payment of his dues. Nation wants to know what the Maharashtra Police has done,” Khera told reporters at the AICC headquarters.
The Congress leader said a suicide note is as crucial as a dying declaration. “Was Anvay Naik not a citizen of India… Is the law not the same for everyone in this country under (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi?” he asked. “Why has Arnab Goswami not taken anticipatory bail…why is he being given so much time…what action has the Maharashtra Police taken?” Khera asked.
Naik’s wife Akshata has alleged that her husband committed suicide as Republic TV did not pay his dues. Naik committed suicide by hanging himself at his bungalow in Alibaug, and the body of his mother, Kumud, was found next to his at the residence, according to police. An abetment to suicide case was lodged against Goswami and two others based on the suicide note left behind by Naik, police said.
(Source: Indian Express)
6. RTI Data: Over 13,000 Infant Deaths In 10 Months In Maharashtra
Maximum number of deaths among children continue to take place immediately after their birth, indicating the need for strengthening neonatal care programme in Maharashtra. Data gathered through Right to Information (RTI) from the public health department had showed that 13,541 pediatric deaths have been recorded between April 2017 and February 2018.
Of these, 65 per cent deaths occurred in cases of new borns aged less than 28 days. The RTI query, filed by activist Chetan Kothari, shows analysis of 11,532 deaths that occurred in the last one year. Of these, 54 per cent deaths were recorded among boys and 46 per cent among girls. While 65 per cent deaths happened in the first 28 days after birth due to prematurity and low weight, 21 per cent deaths happened among children aged less than one and 14 per cent were recorded in children beyond one year.
Data analysed by Maharashtra government shows in 22 per cent cases, the deceased children suffered from low birth weight and were premature deliveries. In 12 per cent deaths, birth trauma led to death followed by congenital malformation, that was recorded in 10 per cent deaths. Pneumonia continues to lead to fatality with seven per cent deaths caused by it, followed by diarrhoea with 0.32 per cent deaths.
(Source: Indian Express)
7. Wadia Hospital Gets 20 New Ventilators
Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital in Parel has added 20 new ventilators to its fleet of emergency services to cater to paediatric and neonatal patients. Shortage of ventilators contributes to increased neonatal and under-five mortality.
“We have to turn away nearly 25 patients daily due to unavailability of ventilators. We will now be able to accommodate more number of patients,” Dr. Minnie Bodhanwala, CEO of the hospital, said.
The number of ventilators at the hospital has gone up to 70. “By March next year, we plan to have 100 ventilators,” she said.
The hospital inaugurated the machines on Tuesday, which was also celebrated as the fifth birthday of Riddhi and Siddhi, the conjoined twins, who were abandoned by their parents.
(Source: The Hindu)
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