Overview

• The child was identified as Aakriti Yadav, 5, who was found in a water-filled drum at her Rajiv Gandhi Nagar home in Goregaon East on August 19 and was declared dead at MV Desai Hospital.
• Police and family said she had special needs with epilepsy and was under neurological care in Chembur.
• Relatives had stayed over after a religious ceremony the previous night, and her aunt discovered her around 10:30 am with her head submerged and legs up.
• Dindoshi police conducted a panchnama, filed an ADR under BNSS, and sent the body to Siddharth Hospital for forensic examination.
• Her father, Rajesh Yadav, told police she could neither walk nor speak, the family moved to Mumbai for treatment about 18 months ago, and he raised no suspicion of foul play.