Mumbai: Decomposed body of 63-year-old woman found in Lokhandwala
The woman has been identified as Asha Shahani. According to police, Asha's husband Kedar died in 2013 after which she went into depression.
In Short
- Decomposed body of a 63-year-old woman was found in her house in Lokhandwala.
- The woman has been identified as Asha Shahani.
- According to police, Asha's husband died in 2013 after which she went into depression.
In what could be termed as a very tragic and heart breaking incident, decomposed body of a 63-year-old woman was found in her house in posh Lokhandwala area, Andheri west.
The woman has been identified as Asha Shahani. According to police, Asha's husband Kedar died in 2013 after which she went into depression. Asha's son Ruturaj, 43 is an IT engineer in USA. Asha used to stay alone at home.
Her son had last spoken to her in 2016 after which there was no contact. The cops, as of now, has ruled out murder angle as no valuable iwas stolen from the house and the door was closed from inside. The cops are, however, waiting for the post mortem report.
A police officer investigating the case said, "In 2016 April, Asha spoke to her son in USA. Asha told her son that she is thinking of going to old-age home as she is finding it very difficult to stay alone. She revealed all are problems to son. The son thought that his mother might have gone to old-age home. He never again spoke to her mother. Today afternoon, he came to his house in Lokhandwala. The door was locked from inside."
The son with help of other broke opened the door and found completely decomposed body of her mother in the bedroom.
Senior Police Inspector Subhash Khanvilkar of Oshiwara police station said, "We have registered ADR in the matter. Prima facie it looks like natural death. She was also in depression. However, we have sent body to hospital for post mortem. We will take down statement of son and neighbours in the matter. We are investigating the case in all angles, therefore we awaiting post mortem report as body sent for postmortem to hospital."
Another police officer said, "It is very tragic and saddening incident. The woman used to stay completely alone and was in depression. The flat in which is stayed is of several bedrooms and huge flat and therefore staying alone in depression is difficult. It is big negligence and careless attitude from her family relatives and son."
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