Man held for throwing nine-month-old son off Ghatkopar skywalk after quarrel with wife

A shocking incident has taken place at the Ghatkopar railway station complex in Mumbai. After a quarrel with his wife, a father threw his nine-month-old son off a skywalk. The incident took place at around 10 pm on Sunday.

The child was seriously injured and is being treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Sion Hospital. Ghatkopar police registered a case against the husband on the woman's complaint and arrested him.

The complainant is Aarti Jafar Shaikh, 22, who lives in the Sarvodaya Nagar area of Ghatkopar. She married Jafar Shaikh, 23, around two years ago. The couple have a nine-month-old son, Aarav. According to the information available, the accused, Jafar, sells clothes in the area.

Jafar is reportedly addicted to intoxicants, and the couple had been quarrelling repeatedly for the past few months. They had a bitter quarrel on Sunday as well, after which the incident took place.

At around 10 pm on Sunday, Aarti was standing with her nine-month-old child on the skywalk at Ghatkopar East railway station complex. Her husband Jafar arrived there and began quarrelling with her again. In the middle of the quarrel, Jafar tried to take the child away with him. Aarti tried to stop him. Enraged, Jafar allegedly threw his nine-month-old son off the skywalk. The incident caused panic across the area.

Seeing the child fall, Aarti ran down at once. With the help of local people, she first got the injured child admitted to Rajawadi Hospital. As his condition was serious, he was shifted to Sion Hospital for further treatment. He is currently in the ICU there.

Ghatkopar police took charge of the case as soon as they learnt of the incident. On Aarti's complaint, police registered a case against the accused, Jafar Shaikh, and arrested him.