Woman with baby jumps off train in Vashi, both die

A 31-year-old woman committed suicide by jumping off from a running train in Vashi on Thursday night. The woman suffered severe injuries to the head and other parts of the body. She died while being taken to hospital.

Police said that she was carrying a bag in which her one-year-old dead son’s body was found at the spot. The deceased woman was identified as Mayuri Pandarinath Viradhe, a resident of Shiv Shakti Cooperative Housing Society in Chembur. An official from Vashi GRP said that they received information about the woman lying along the track around 10.30 pm on Thursday night.

In the initial investigation, the GRP found that she boarded the train at Chembur station and later jumped off from the train just before the Vashi station.

An official from Vashi GRP said that she was residing with her husband in Chembur. Her husband Pandarinath works with a construction company. They got married in 2013 and had a son. Senior officials from Vashi GRP refused to give more details. However, they informed that her husband and their parents have been called for interrogation. “We are investigating how the baby died and what happened before she was found along the track in Vashi,” said an on-duty official. Meanwhile, a case of accidental death was registered at Vashi GRP.