Elderly cancer patient abandoned in Mumbai garbage pile by grandson

A 60-year-old woman suffering from advanced skin cancer and mental health issues was found lying among piles of garbage in Mumbai’s Aarey Colony.

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00:00This 60-year-old cancer patient was found in a garbage pile in Mumbai's RA colony,

00:04abandoned by her own family. Images of Yashoda's condition, weak, injured and dressed in a pink

00:09nidris, quickly made the rounds on social media sparking outrage. At first, Sagar Shivale, her

00:14grandson, claimed Yashoda had wandered off. Days later, CCTV footage from the local hospital

00:19showed Shivale and his uncle, Baba Sahib Gaikwar, taking her to a hospital late at night.

00:24The investigation revealed that after being denied admission, they left her near a garbage dump with

00:29the rickshaw driver's help. The rickshaw driver, Sanjay Kadresim, was reportedly paid 400 rupees

00:34for his role in the act. According to the police, Gaikwar had become aggressive on June 21

00:39and tried to harm herself and her grandson. Faced with evidence, Sagar eventually admitted

00:50to abandoning her. All three, Sagar, Baba Sahib and the rickshaw driver, were arrested in multiple

00:55sections of the Indian Penal Court and the Maintainance and Welfare of Parents and Senior

00:59Citizens Act. Yashoda, first taken to Jogeshwari Trauma Care Hospital and later shifted to Cooper

01:04Hospital, is currently under treatment. According to HelpAge India survey, about 16% of elderly women

01:10in India have faced abuse 40% of the time by their sons.