Kundapur: A 32-year-old differently abled daughter reportedly spent three days with her mother’s decomposing corpse at Mudugopady near Dasanadi. Despite being rescued, she died at a hospital later without responding to any treatment.

The deceased have been identified as Jayanthi Shetty (62) and her daughter Pragati Shetty (32), residents of Dasanadi.

Hailing from Hengavalli, Jayanthi had been residing in Mudugopadi for the past one and a half decades. After the death of Jayanthi's husband, the mother and daughter lived together, without any assistance from others. Jayanthi Shetty was diabetic, while her daughter was mentally retarded since birth. Recently, Pragati Shetty had one of her legs amputated due to her ailment.

On May 12, Jayanthi visited the Kumbashi Anegudde Sri Vinayaka temple, performing special services for her daughter's better health. She informed a local auto-rickshaw driver about her plan to visit the Koteswara Kotilingeshwara temple on May 13. Accordingly, the driver had called her to confirm the trip on May 13, but had received no response.

After three days, locals noticed that the front and back doors of Jayanthi Shetty's house were kept closed, and the lights were turned on, even during the day. On the night of May 17, they detected a foul odour emanating from the house. On calling Jayanthi’s phone, they heard it ringing inside the house. Gopadi gram panchayat President Suresh Shetty rushed to the spot, on being informed about the situation. On looking through a window, he and others found Pragathi lying unconscious on the floor.  

Sub-Inspector Vinay M Korlahalli and other policemen broke the lock, with assistance from the locals, collected Jayanthi Shetty’s decomposed body and admitted severely dehydrated Pragathi Shetty to a private hospital in Koteshwara. However, despite a good medical care, she did not recover and breathed her last on Saturday. After due legal procedures, the police handed over the bodies to the near relatives for last rites.

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Mumbai, Nov 24: There is unrest in the Maha Vikas Aghadi camp and its five to six MLAs might join the ruling Mahayuti in the next few months, claimed NCP chief whip Anil Patil, who has retained his Amalner assembly seat, on Sunday.

The MVA of Congress, NCP (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT) suffered a crushing blow in the Maharashtra assembly polls, winning only 46 of the state's 288 seats. By contrast, the BJP-led ruling coalition, which also has NCP and Shiv Sena as partners, bagged an impressive 230 seats.

“There is tremendous unrest among some NCP (SP), Congress and Sena (UBT) MLAs who have been re-elected. Those having good relations with us have expressed concerns over MVA’s massive defeat,” Patil told Marathi news channel ABP Majha.

If one wants development works in his constituency, it is good to be in power, said the legislator from Ajit Pawar’s party.

“The MVA MLAs feel their future is uncertain. It shouldn’t be a surprise if five to six MLAs cross over to the Mahayuti in the next four months,” he said.

In the results of the Maharashtra polls declared on Saturday, BJP won in 132 constituencies, while its partners Shiv Sena and NCP walked away with 57 and 41 seats, respectively.

From the MVA camp, Shiv Sena (UBT) bagged 20 seats followed by Congress’ 16 and 10 by NCP (SP).