A son received the shock of his life when he found the skeleton of his mother in his Mumbai flat on his return from the US. Rituraj Sahani arrived from the US on Sunday and reached his Oshiwara flat, but no one answered the door bell.
When he opened the lock with the help of a key maker, what he saw was the shock of his life. He found skeleton remains of his 63-year-old mother. As the whole body was decomposed, police suspected she passed away week’s ago.
The case of accidental death has been registered and the remains have been sent for autopsy. Police believe she died of natural causes as no injury mark was there on her body and the house was locked from inside.
Subhash Khanvilkar, senior inspector, Oshiwara police station, said, “Asha K Sahani had been staying alone at her 10th floor residence in Wells Cot society in Andheri’s Lokhandwala area since her husband died in 2013. Their son Rituraj, an engineer, had moved to the US in 1997.”
“The last conversation between the mother and son took place in April 2016. At that point, Sahani had told him that she felt lonely. She had also asked him to get her into an old-age home,” the officer said.
Khanwilkar said that since the 10th floor has only two flats and both belong to the Sahanis, neighbours did not sense any foul smell. “In the bedroom, Rituraj found the body of his mother, which had decomposed to such an extent that only her skeleton remained. We suspect she must have passed away at least a few weeks ago.”
Now, police will record statements of son and neighbours to find out when did she speak with anyone last time.
“The post-mortem report, too, will give us some clarity on the time of death,” said an officer.
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