Mother allegedly molested, baby flung from cab in Maharashtra

A case was registered at Mandvi police station and police were looking for the culprits who were yet to be unidentified

In a horrific incident, a 10-month-old baby died after she was flung out of a speeding cab while her mother sustained serious injuries as she jumped to escape molestation on the busy Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway in the Palghar district.

The woman, who is in her twenties, and her daughter were on their way from Pelhar to Poshere in Wada tehsil in a cab when the incident took place.

While the baby died on spot, the woman sustained severe injuries. The woman is undergoing treatment and is out of danger.

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“I was going back home in Wada from Pelhar in an Eeco car,” the woman said, adding while she was in the car, the co-passengers started molesting her. “They started touching me inappropriately,” she said.

“When I protested and objected, they snatched my baby and flung out of the car,” she said, adding that there were no female passengers in the car. “Among the passengers was a policeman,” he said.

Asked whether the driver was involved, she said, “The driver and other passengers molested me.” However, she could not reply to the total number of passengers in the car.

The Mandvi police station has registered a case and investigations are in progress.

The CCTV footage of the busy highway is being checked and the victim’s statement is being cross-checked.

Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray said that the incident is serious. “It is a horrific incident,” he said, adding that there is no women minister in the government. “What can we expect from the Chief Minister (Eknath Shinde) and Deputy Chief Minister (Devendra Fadnavis) as they have not taken any action against a minister (Abdul Sattar) who had abused a woman MP (Supriya Sule),” he said.