Mumbai Crime: Woman jumps in front of Mumbai local, with her baby

Renuka Puntu, a local resident at Gavdevi chawl in Bhayander jumped in front of a moving train. She was carrying her three-year-old daughter when she decided to jump.

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The police said that she was allegedly harassed by her husband; a 24-year-old woman ended her life by throwing herself before a local train at Bhayandar railway station with her three-year-old daughter clutched in her arms. The woman identified as Renuka Pintu came to Bhayandar railway station on the night of August 2 and August 3 and stood at the Churchgate-end of platform number four with her daughter, Arohi, in her arms.

She patiently waited for the train, while pedestrians didn’t suspect anything about her intention. Holding her daughter close, Renuka got off the platform and lied over the tracks. Before the motorman could apply the brakes, she was crushed by local. Renuka and her three-year-old were taken to the hospital but, were declared dead on arrival.

Her husband Rahul Pintu Singh Yadav has been arrested by Navghar police, after Renuka’s father, Jageshwar Babulal Yadav lodged a complaint against him.

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In his complaint to the police, Jageshwar Yadav had said, Renuka was in an abusive relationship with her husband harassing her over the past four years of their marriage.

“Pintu is a cloth vendor and the family lived decently, but he would constantly beat Renuka up asking her to get money from her parents to buy him a Bullet (motorcycle),’’ said an official from Navghar police station. “The two hailed from Uttar Pradesh. Pintu lived in rented accommodation at Gavdevi chawl in Bhayander, but he didn’t bring his wife along until six months ago. The two would constantly fight over it.”

“Even after Renuka moved with Pintu, the couple continued to fight. He would reiterate his demand and often beat her up asking her to get money from her father so that he could purchase a bike,” said Assistant Police Inspector Tikaram Thatkar of Navghar police station, who is investigating the case. Thatkar said that on the day she committed suicide, the couple had a fight. She left her home in a fit of rage and headed to the station.

Rahul Pintu Singh Yadav has been booked under section 306 for abatement of suicide and IPC section 498 for domestic violence.