Mumbai: Woman found living with mother's dead body since her demise in March

Mumbai Police on Saturday recovered the dead body of an elderly woman from her residence in Mumbai’s Bandra. According to officials the woman passed away in March this year and her 53-year-old daughter had been living with her corpse all this time without informing anyone about her death.

The matter surfaced when her neighbours approached the police against the daughter throwing garbage outside her window. Police personnel reached the woman's residence, only to find that the daughter had been living with her corpse throughout the lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19.

A report by Mumbai Mirror suggested that the woman's daughter suffers from mental health issues. This is why the police believe the daughter didn’t tell anyone about her mother's demise. The report further added that the woman's daughter did the same thing when her dog died a few years ago.

A senior police officer stated that the deceased woman's body has been sent for autopsy. The officer added that the daughter has been sent for medical examination after she failed to cooperate in the probe.

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