Maharashtra: Woman dies during abortion, her body found in car in Sangli; three detained

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Three people were detained after the police found the dead body of a woman who had allegedly died while undergoing abortion, an official said, reported the PTI.

The body of a 32-year-old woman was recovered from a car in Maharashtra's Sangli district of Maharashtra. The police investigations have revealed that she underwent an abortion after a pre-natal gender test in Karnataka, police said on Tuesday, according to the PTI.

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The police have detained three family members of the deceased woman who were found with the body in a car in Sangli city on Monday, an official said.
The trio have been handed over to the Karnataka police, he said.

The woman, a resident of Miraj taluka in Sangli, has two children, he said.

According to the police, the woman was taken to a hospital in Chikodi town in Belagavi district of neighbouring Karnataka, where her family allegedly made her undergo a pre-natal gender test. She then underwent an abortion, during which she died, but the hospital refused to issue a death certificate, citing that the woman was a resident of Maharashtra, the official said.

The woman's family later took possession of her body and drove to Sangli, he said.

The police received a tip-off about the body in the car and intercepted the vehicle at a bus stop, the official said.

"We took cognisance of the incident but have not registered a case. After a post-mortem, we informed the Karnataka police, as the death occurred in their jurisdiction," he said, the news agency reported.

Teen strangled, stabbed to death in Thane; case registered

Meanwhile, in an another incident, a case has been registered against unidentified persons for allegedly strangling and stabbing a 17-year-old girl whose body was found in a chawl in Maharashtra's Thane city four days ago, police said on Tuesday, reported the PTI.

The body of Tejaswini Manoj Razak was found in a room of a chawl in Taricha Pada in the Kolshet area on the night of May 24, an official said.

The police on Monday registered a case under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code against unidentified persons, he said.

The case was registered after a post-mortem revealed that there were ligature marks and stab wounds on the girl's neck, the official said.

According to the police, the victim, who lived alone, was strangled and stabbed to death.

The Kapaurbawdi police are probing the case, he said.

(with PTI inputs)