Abject and utter poverty is surely the bane of every human's existence as the following incident will establish beyond all reasonable doubt.......
In a tragic; heart rending and utterly avoidable incident a 27 year old long time resident of Mumbai's Chembur area allegedly strangulated her 6 year old son to death on Tuesday afternoon as she was simply unable to bear the burgeoning costs of his medical treatment.......
Savitri Punnekar (27) a domestic worker who resided in a suburban Chembur lower middle class neighbourhood was widowed some four years back or so when her alcoholic husband succumbed to a liver related ailment and was saddled with the upbringing of her six year old son Devraj ever since.......
Devraj had been afflicted by epileptic seizures for the last two odd years and matters came to a head on the fateful Tuesday afternoon when an utterly despondent and desperate Savitri allegedly strangulated her beloved son to death as she was unable to raise the Rs. 5,000/- required for his prescribed treatment at a state government run medical facility.........
Concerned and conscientious neighbours who noticed the now deceased 6 year old Devraj's pitiable condition rushed both Savitri and her son to the nearby Rajawadi Hospital where the doctors on duty at the time pronounced him brought dead on arrival........
Police sleuths who were summoned to the spot as the on duty doctors noticed suspicious marks around the victim's neck subjected Savitri to a relentless and prolonged interrogation session during which she broke down and confessed to her crime.........
Savitri has since been remanded to judicial custody and a case under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code has been duly registered against her by the Mumbai Police and is seems all but certain that she will spend the next 15 years or so behind bars unless a near impossible miracle occurs........
One wonders who the real murderer is in this instance; the accused Savitri; the despicable poverty that had engulfed her in it's midst; fate; circumstances or then an apathetic; uncaring; callous and indifferent official set up which did not respond to Savitri's plaintive and piteous cries for help and sustenance in the numerous written petitions submitted by her asking for financial assistance and succour so that she could provide the much needed care and medical assistance the apple of her eye required.........
In a tragic; heart rending and utterly avoidable incident a 27 year old long time resident of Mumbai's Chembur area allegedly strangulated her 6 year old son to death on Tuesday afternoon as she was simply unable to bear the burgeoning costs of his medical treatment.......
Savitri Punnekar (27) a domestic worker who resided in a suburban Chembur lower middle class neighbourhood was widowed some four years back or so when her alcoholic husband succumbed to a liver related ailment and was saddled with the upbringing of her six year old son Devraj ever since.......
Devraj had been afflicted by epileptic seizures for the last two odd years and matters came to a head on the fateful Tuesday afternoon when an utterly despondent and desperate Savitri allegedly strangulated her beloved son to death as she was unable to raise the Rs. 5,000/- required for his prescribed treatment at a state government run medical facility.........
Concerned and conscientious neighbours who noticed the now deceased 6 year old Devraj's pitiable condition rushed both Savitri and her son to the nearby Rajawadi Hospital where the doctors on duty at the time pronounced him brought dead on arrival........
Police sleuths who were summoned to the spot as the on duty doctors noticed suspicious marks around the victim's neck subjected Savitri to a relentless and prolonged interrogation session during which she broke down and confessed to her crime.........
Savitri has since been remanded to judicial custody and a case under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code has been duly registered against her by the Mumbai Police and is seems all but certain that she will spend the next 15 years or so behind bars unless a near impossible miracle occurs........
One wonders who the real murderer is in this instance; the accused Savitri; the despicable poverty that had engulfed her in it's midst; fate; circumstances or then an apathetic; uncaring; callous and indifferent official set up which did not respond to Savitri's plaintive and piteous cries for help and sustenance in the numerous written petitions submitted by her asking for financial assistance and succour so that she could provide the much needed care and medical assistance the apple of her eye required.........
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