Boy sits subsequent to lifeless mother for 4 days in Maharashtra’s Kalyan | Mumbai Information

KALYAN: In a tragic incident, an intellectually challenged teenager spent no less than 4 days together with his mom’s physique in Kalyan.
The police discovered that the lady, 44-year-old Silvia Daniel, lived together with her 14-year-old son, Allwyn, in Kalyan, whereas her husband lived in Pune resulting from his job. The incident got here to mild on Wednesday when neighbours at Sundar Complicated in Kalyan (west) knowledgeable the watchman a few foul odor emanating from the Daniels’ flat.When the watchman and a few neighbours went to the flat to investigate in regards to the stench, the boy opened the door. They quickly discovered his mom’s decomposed physique.
Senior police inspector of Khadakpada police station, Amarnath Waghmode, stated, “Our main probe exhibits that the lady died of illness whereas her son, who’s mentally challenged, didn’t realise that she had died, and he was sitting within the room.”
Specialists stated that the incident revealed the “sense of alienation” in city societies. Psychiatrist Dr Harish Shetty stated that whereas nobody might be blamed for the incident, it does reveal how widespread alienation is inside our society. “Ideally, when neighbours realise {that a} specific member hasn’t stepped out of their house for days, they’d attain out to that member and assist out. However this is not occurring in a globalised world the place every certainly one of us is busy checking out our personal issues,” he stated. ‘Disconnection’ or the sensation of alienation grows if there aren’t any makes an attempt to reconnect with one another or the group at massive, he added.
The police have filed an unintentional dying report. The autopsy didn’t point out foul play, they stated. The physique was handed to her brother and husband who arrived from Pune.