Ahmedabad: Woman loses fetus after assault, 3 held

AHMEDABAD: A 35-year-old pregnant woman from Odhav, Seema Yadav, accused four persons of assaulting her near the LIC building on Relief Road, in full public view. She said that because of their kicks to her stomach, her three-month fetus got aborted.
Karanj Police have registered a case of attempted murder and have detained three persons — Ahmedhusain Gutuje, Ruksanabanu Mohammed Asif and Mohammed Hussain Badshah — and sent them for pre-arrest Covid-19 tests. Inspector M K Talpade of Karanj police station said that they hunting for one more person, Mohsin Shaikh, in this case. The woman, who lodged her complaint from the labour ward of Civil Hospital, said that on Friday when she was returning from work at 3pm and was near the LIC building, Gutuje and one of the others asked her why she was standing there and told her to go away. When she told them she was there for some work, they started abusing her.