A man, who was desperately searching for his mother, missing for 48 hours, reviewed multiple CCTV recordings and identified a likely location. He broke into tears upon recognising his mother’s saree under a tamarind tree that had fallen in Virar. Her body, highly decomposed, was recovered 48 hours later. The victim was in her late 60s. Her son  blamed authorities for doing nothing to recover the body. Despite her son’s missing person report filed at a police station, the body of the senior citizen remained trapped under the tree for over 48 hours, said this paper’s front page report.

After the agencies were informed, they all rushed to the spot and her decomposed, jewellery-laden body was recovered.  The victim had gone to drop her grandchildren to the school bus that morning. The string winds and rain caused a tree to fall. Obviously the woman seemed to be trapped underneath the falling tree while en route home. She may have died instantly.