Drunk Thane man flings mother-in-law out of window, woman dies
Thane (Maharashtra), Sep 11 : Police have arrested a person here for allegedly flinging his nagging mother-in-law out of their flat window, leading to her instant death, an officer said on Tuesday.
The incident happened late on Monday at Rumah Bali Society, near Hiranandani Estates, a posh locality of Thane, according to Investigating Officer Pradeep N. Ugale of Kasarvadavali Police Station.
"The accused, Ankush Dhiraj Bhatti, has been charged with murder and remanded to police custody till September 15," Ugale told IANS.
He said that Bhatti, 32, who runs a logistics company, is a resident of Jammu and was recently married to a much older, deaf-mute girl Tarvinder Kaur, 38.
Earlier, they lived as a joint family in Hiranandani Estates, but since Bhatti was an alcoholic, he moved out to the nearby Rumah Bali Society.
"However, the victim -- Paramjit Kaur -- used to visit them daily to enquire after the well-being of her handicapped daughter, who was allegedly assaulted by Bhatti almost daily," Ugale said.
Around 8.30 p.m on Monday, Paramjit reached their house only to see a drunk Bhatti assaulting her daughter. She intervened and slapped him.
"Enraged at what he perceived was an insult, Bhatti pushed his mother-in-law to window, lifted and threw her out. It was a first floor flat, but she fell from a height of around 20 feet and died instantly," Ugale said.
Society neighbours rushed to the site and managed to shift her to a local hospital, but she was declared dead, while Bhatti locked his home, threatened his wife Tarvinder and remained hidden.
In the meantime, her son Manjit Singh was desperately calling Paramjit on her phone but she did not answer. Sensing something amiss, he rushed to his sister's place but nobody opened the door.
After a few minutes, Bhatti raised an alarm that his mother-in-law had slipped and fell out of the window and ran down to the society compound.
However, Ugale said the investigators doubted his version and they inspected the flat window to find some blood stains.
After sustained interrogation, he finally confessed to the crime and was placed under arrest early on Tuesday, he said.
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UDF will have huge win in Kerala, NDA won't open its account: Cong leader Satheesan
Kochi (PTI): Senior Congress leader V D Satheesan on Friday expressed confidence in a huge win by the UDF, claiming it will make a clean sweep in five districts, and brushed aside speculations that the NDA will open its account in Kerala.
Satheesan, speaking to reporters here a day after the conclusion of the Assembly polls, praised the performance of the UDF leaders and workers during the election, saying it was the best ever he has seen in the last 30 years.
He said that his claims of the UDF getting over 100 seats is not a mere statement, but based on the work the front has done during the last five years to bring back all those who had left it in 2005 and as a result, there was a huge wave in its favour in the state.
The leader of opposition in the state assembly, who contested from the Paravoor constituency, further said that the Congress-led front also had a major social backing from minorities and marginalised groups in the society.
Besides that, there was an anti-incumbency feeling among the people who were disappointed with the LDF rule, he claimed and said that the UDF provided them with a hope and an alternative which no other opposition had done in the past.
"All these factors will contribute to a huge win for the UDF and it would not be surprising if we make a clean sweep in Malappuram, Wayanad, Ernakulam, Idukki and Pathanamthitta districts. That is a total of 43 seats," he said.
According to him, the polling percentage increased because the UDF got people added to the electoral list.
He also brushed aside the LDF remarks about a woman or youth CM, saying that "they can make such statements now as they know they cannot win".
"Otherwise, why did they campaign with Pinarayi Vijayan as the main factor. Why did they say a third Pinarayi rule will come?" he asked.
He also claimed that the LDF's decision to spend government money on its political campaign, by putting up hoardings and carrying out social media programmes to sway voters, has also backfired as people realised that their taxes were being wasted like that.
Asked whether the NDA will open its account, especially in areas where the UDF claimed the BJP-led front had made a deal with the LDF, Satheesan replied in the negative.
He said that as of now he does not see any chance of the NDA opening its account in the state.
