Turned away by woman, 91-year-old mom dies in cab
TNN | Updated: Jan 13, 2019, 06:22 IST
Representative imageKOLKATA: An ailing nonagenarian died in an app cab after she was refused entry to her daughter’s house at Mudiali. Although the app-cab driver took her to a hospital, she was declared “brought dead”.
The deceased, Shobharani Mazumdar (91), used to stay with her son and daughter in turns. After living with her son on KM Naskar Road near Kudghat for a few weeks, she decided to go to her daughter’s house in Mudiali on Saturday morning. The son hailed her an app cab and asked her grandson to accompany her to Mudiali.
However, Mazumdar’s daughter refused to let her in as she was getting ready to go out to a social gathering. She said that it would be risky to keep the ailing woman in the house as no one would be able to take care of her.
As the woman called her brother to sort out the issue, Mazumdar started feeling uneasy. Despite the situation worsening, Mazumdar’s daughter asked the app-cab driver to take the elderly woman back to her brother’s place. In the confusion, the grandson left the spot and Mazumdar’s daughter paid the driver extra to take her back to the KM Naskar Road residence.
Sources said the elderly woman seemed unwell as the driver started for Kudghat. Seeing her condition, he called up her son and informed him.
As Mazumdar’s conditioned worsened, he turned the car towards M R Bangur Hospital to admit her there. Meanwhile, he called up the Regent Park police to inform them about the incident. The woman was declared “brought dead” by the hospital.
“No case has been registered and, so far, there is no sign of foul play,” a police officer said.
The deceased, Shobharani Mazumdar (91), used to stay with her son and daughter in turns. After living with her son on KM Naskar Road near Kudghat for a few weeks, she decided to go to her daughter’s house in Mudiali on Saturday morning. The son hailed her an app cab and asked her grandson to accompany her to Mudiali.
However, Mazumdar’s daughter refused to let her in as she was getting ready to go out to a social gathering. She said that it would be risky to keep the ailing woman in the house as no one would be able to take care of her.
As the woman called her brother to sort out the issue, Mazumdar started feeling uneasy. Despite the situation worsening, Mazumdar’s daughter asked the app-cab driver to take the elderly woman back to her brother’s place. In the confusion, the grandson left the spot and Mazumdar’s daughter paid the driver extra to take her back to the KM Naskar Road residence.
Sources said the elderly woman seemed unwell as the driver started for Kudghat. Seeing her condition, he called up her son and informed him.
As Mazumdar’s conditioned worsened, he turned the car towards M R Bangur Hospital to admit her there. Meanwhile, he called up the Regent Park police to inform them about the incident. The woman was declared “brought dead” by the hospital.
“No case has been registered and, so far, there is no sign of foul play,” a police officer said.
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