The body of Priyanka Patil, in her mid-30s, was found from her home in Shankar Pada on February 1, and a murder probe began after the post mortem report put the cause of death as strangulation, Virar police station senior inspector Rajendra Kamble said
Updated Jan 15, 2021 | 07:37 IST
Even after reaching the spot on time, Mumbai Police and fire brigade officials did not enter the cowdung area as they believe it could be dangerous for them. The situation was such that nobody could enter the cowdung area as it could be dangerous
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Kandivali police said they are further investigating the case.
Mumbai: In a shocking incident, a 10-year-old boy died after he fell into a cowdung pit while he was trying to catch a kite. As the boy went running after the kite, he slipped and fell into a large pile of cowdung and drowned. The incident took place on Thursday afternoon on Makar Sankrant day.
Durvesh Jadhav (File photo)
MUMBAI: A day after a 10-year-old boy slipped into a five foot deep pit filled with cow dung and water and lost his life, Kandivali police registered a case of negligence on Friday. Durvesh Jadhav had entered an open plot adjoining a cowshed to retrieve a kite on Thursday. None of the local residents knew that the plot had a five feet deep pit.
Durvesh, an only child, lived with his parents at Charkop s Bhabrekar Nagar. Around December, his parents started to have arguments. Durvesh and his mother then moved to his grandmother s house in an SRA building at Shankar Pada off Kandivali Link Road. On Thursday, Durvesh was home with his mother when he spotted a kite sweep down into an empty plot next door. He ran out of the house and went to the plot, finding a gap in tin sheets surrounding it on all sides to enter inside.
The site where the incident took place
MUMBAI: A 10-year-old boy lost his life after he fell into a large pit of cow dung and water at Kandivali West, while trying to retrieve a kite, on Thursday.
Durvesh Jadhav, a class V student, lived in a neighbouring building at Shankar Pada and had ventured into a cow shed, police said. An accidental death case has been recorded but the police will probe if the cow shed owner was at fault.
Jadhav lived with his parents in an SRA building. Around 3.30pm, he was at home with his mother when he saw a kite sweep down towards a cow shed next to his building. The plot is surrounded with asbestos sheets on all sides. Police said Jadhav found a gap in one of the sheets and slipped inside. But he did not know that the cowdung and water inside was as deep as five feet. He slipped and fell inside.