Updated On: 17 May, 2021 07:47 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
Jesline Gomes, who was paralysed from the neck down, was discharged and is recovering slowly, but her family says the police has still not acted against the owner of the resort where the mishap took place

Jesline Gomes leaves the hospital with her sister Rosebud after being discharged
The 25-year-old chartered accountant, Jesline Gomes, who was grievously injured when a tree fell on the tent she was staying in, at a Matheran resort in March, was discharged from hospital on Saturday. But two months on, her sister said the police have still not arrested the resort owner. Raigad SP Ashok Dudhe has, however, assured mid-day they will take action against the hotel owner for negligence.
Gomes’s family and friends had approached the Matheran police to file an FIR against the resort but the cops had initially refused to register a complaint stating it was a natural calamity and that such incidents are common in Matheran. Gomes’s family then sent a legal notice to Alexander Heritage and Rainforest Resorts and to Matheran police through a lawyer. After mid-day’s report on the incident went viral, the police registered an FIR on April 21.