Woman held for allegedly strangling 9-month-old grandson to death in Gadag
Gadag, Nov 26: A woman has been arrested for allegedly strangling her grandson to death in a village in Gajendragad Taluk, police said on Sunday.
According to police, the incident occurred on November 22 but came to light only recently when the investigating police charged Saroja Gooli with strangulating her nine-month-old grandson Advik as she disliked her daughter-in-law Nagarathna.
Police said Nagarathna gave birth to Advik in February this year at her parents' house and was there for about six months and returned to her home only three months ago.
Nagarathna told the police that on November 22 she was away to do domestic work and returned to find that the child was missing.
When she enquired with Saroja, she did not give any satisfactory answer.
Growing suspicious, she reported the matter to the police.
A Gajendragad police officer said that during interrogation, Saroja confessed to her crime and said after strangulating the infant, she buried it in a nearby mangrove.
Police have exhumed the body and sent it for autopsy.
Nagarathna told the police that Saroja used to give inedible stuff to the child to consume. Yet, she did not suspect that her mother-in-law could go to such an extent.
"We have taken up a case and are waiting for the postmortem report to arrive at a definite conclusion," an officer at Gajendragad told PTI.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
“Bleeding on the road, I begged for help but no one came”: Bengaluru woman recounts husband’s death
Bengaluru: A woman in Bengaluru has shared a painful account of how her husband died after they were repeatedly denied medical help and ignored by passersby during a medical emergency, NDTV reported.
The victim, 34-year-old Venkataramanan, a garage mechanic from Balaji Nagar, developed severe chest pain around 3.30 am. His wife immediately took him on a motorcycle in search of medical help.
"He complained about chest pain, and we went to the first hospital. However, the doctor was not on duty. At the second hospital, we were told he had a stroke and to go to another hospital. When we called for ambulance services, they did not respond properly. Humanity failed, but we did our bit by donating his eye." NDTV quoted his wife as saying.
According to the report, after being turned away twice, the couple met with an accident on the road. CCTV footage later showed the woman, covered in blood, pleading with folded hands as vehicles passed by, but no one stopped to help.
ALSO READ: Actress Shilpa Shetty's restaurant booked for breaching operating hours
The wait ended after several minutes when a cab driver stopped and rushed Venkataramanan to a nearby hospital. Doctors there declared him dead on arrival.
As per the report, the family decided to donate Venkataramanan’s eyes, giving sight to others even in death.
Venkataraman's mother, who had lost her last surviving child, had no words to express herself: "I have no words. I do not know what to say. My son is gone."
"The government should understand a health emergency. My daughter is left with two children. Who will look after them?" asked his mother-in-law. His wife, mother, and two children, a five-year-old son and an 18-month-old daughter now survive Venkataramanan.
The incident has once again raised serious questions about emergency healthcare access, ambulance response, and public apathy in the city.
