Premature baby born at home dies on way to hospital; police register case

A 22yearold woman from Maharashtrarsquos Thane city gave birth to a premature baby girl at home but the infant tragically passed away while being taken to hospital police officials confirmed on WednesdayAccording to PTI the woman a resident of Waghbil area in Thane was six months pregnant when she went into labour unexpectedly at home on the morning of March 2 The newborn and the mother were both in critical condition following the deliveryAs per PTI reports family members rushed them to a civic hospital in the Kalwa area but upon arrival doctors declared the infant as brought dead an official from Kasarwadavali police station stated The statement was based on information provided by the womanrsquos husband the official addedThe circumstances surrounding the premature delivery remain unclear The womanrsquos family has not provided any specific reason as to why she was not taken to a hospital for the delivery raising questions about whether there were underlying medical complications a sudden emergency or other factors that prevented timely medical interventionMaharashtra Premature baby found dead near Siddheswhar Talao in ThaneThe body of a premature baby has been found lying near the banks of a lake inThane cityof Maharashtra police said on Monday reported news agency PTISome passersby spotted the body of the male child near the Siddheswhar Talao in Thane on Saturday and alerted the police reported PTIAfter receiving information the police rushed to the spot Siddheswhar Talao inThane and sent the body to a government hospital for postmortem an official from Naupada police station said reported PTIThe child was apparently stillborn prematurely in the eighth month of pregnancy he saidAn FIR was registered on Sunday against an unidentified person under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 94 concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body the official said reported PTIThe police were checking hospitals in the area to trace the babys parents he added65yearold woman found dead in an apartment in ThaneThe body of a 65yearold woman was found in an apartment in a housing complex inMaharashtras Thane cityon Friday morning an official said reported PTINeighbours alerted the police about a foul smell emanating from a flat in a housing complex in the Kasarwadavali locality on Ghodbunder Road assistant police inspector Manish Pote of the Kasarwadavli police station said reported PTIThe body was in a highly decomposed state suggesting that the woman had been dead for two days he saidThe emergency control room received an alert from thelocal policeabout the body around 10 am following which local firemen and the disaster management team rushed to the spot said Yasin Tadvi chief of the civic disaster management cell reported PTIThe deceased Savitribai Kanodia lived alone in the flat he saidA case of accidental death has been registered for now and a probe is underway police saidMan held in Palghar for killing alcoholic younger brotherA man was arrested in Vikramgad in Palghar district for allegedly killing his younger brother a police official said on Thursday reported PTIShivam Lohars 19 body was found in a dam in Sajan village on September 5 the official said reported PTILohar was killed by his elder brother Akash 28 as the former was addicted to drinking and would fight at home On September 1 Akash took him to an isolated spot near the dam got him heavily drunk and then strangled him He then disposed of Lohars body in the dam Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil told reporters reported PTIWith inputs from PTI