Overview

• Three individuals—grandson Sagar Shewale, uncle Babasaheb Gaikwad and driver Sanjay Kadresham—were arrested and charged under Section 24 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act and Section 125 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita after CCTV footage showed them abandoning Yashoda Gaikwad on June 22
• Yashoda Gaikwad, in her sixties and battling advanced skin cancer and mental health issues, remains under care at Cooper Hospital in Juhu
• Investigators report the trio first took her to Shatabdi Hospital late on June 21 but left after being denied admission, later dumping her in Aarey Colony around 3:30 am
• Shewale confessed he dumped his grandmother out of frustration over mounting treatment costs and repeated hospital refusals to admit her
• Several NGOs and the National Cancer Institute in Nagpur have offered to fund her ongoing treatment