Updated On: 21 September, 2023 10:38 PM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
The mother threw her 39-day-old daughter from the window of a flat of a building in Mulund on Thursday morning, a Mumbai Police official said

The spot where the incident took place. Pic/Rajesh Gupta
A tragic incident unfolded in the Mulund area of Mumbai on Thursday when a mother threw her 39-day-old daughter from the 14th-floor bedroom window, resulting in the infant`s immediate demise. The mother is currently undergoing treatment for depression, and the Mulund police have registered a murder case in connection with the incident, the police said.
According to the police, the deceased child has been identified as Hashvi Sanket Mehta, who was staying with her mother, Manali, at her grandfather`s (Nana) house in room number 1401 on the 14th floor of the Neelkanth Tirth Building in Mulund West. Police have sent the infant`s body for postmortem, and an investigation is underway.