Three including grandson arrested for abandoning elderly woman

Mumbai, Jun 26 (PTI) A 33-year-old man and two others have been arrested here for allegedly dumping his grandmother, a cancer patient, in a forested area near Aarey Colony in the city, police said on Thursday.
The woman, around 70 years old, was found near a garbage dump in a distressed state on Sunday morning, and was admitted to hospital by police.
Her grandson Sagar Shevale (33), brother-in-law Babasaheb Gaikwad (70) and autorickshaw driver Sanjay Kadresham (27) were purportedly seen in CCTV footage leaving her at the spot where she was found, a police official said.
The trio were arrested on Wednesday under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 125 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) and the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, the official added.
CCTV footage showed that the accused first took the woman, resident of suburban Borivali, to the civic-run Shatabdi Hospital late Saturday night, but when the hospital authorities refused to admit her, they took her to the Aarey forest and left her there.
The woman is now undergoing treatment at the civic-run Cooper hospital, the official said.

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