Navi Mumbai woman dies after ward boy posing as doc administers injections

A 21yearold woman died in Navi Mumbai after allegedly receiving injections from a ward boy who posed as a doctor police said on MondayThe incident occurred on February 5 in Vashi area of Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra and the accused was arrested the following day officials saidAccording to the police Prachiti Bhikuram Bhuvadrsquos family contacted Sandesh Yashwant Pashte who introduced himself as a doctor to treat her irregular periodsHe visited the familyrsquos home in Sector 11 and claimed she was suffering from Polycystic Ovary Syndrome PCOS Pashte allegedly charged the family Rs 15000 for a course of five injections stating that he would administer them personally reported the PTIOn February 5 Pashte gave her two injections The woman then fell unconscious causing panic Pashte reportedly instructed her father to discard a bag containing used syringes and medical waste in the rubbish She was rushed to a nearby hospital but was declared dead two hours later according to the PTIWhen questioned by the family Pashte admitted that he was actually a ward boy at a private nursing home in Andheri Mumbai Following the complaint he was arrested on February 6 and booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS for culpable homicide not amounting to murder cheating by personation and other offences the news agency reportedGirl dies months after suspected acid ingestion probe underwayMeanwhile a 16yearold girl from Geeta Colony in Delhi has died after allegedly consuming acid According to her father Nand Kishore the incident occurred on October 29 2025 and she died while being taken to the hospital for treatment He claimed that a relative his cousins brotherinlaw who lives on the floor below had given the acid to her according to the ANIMy daughter was made to drink acid on October 29 My cousins brotherinlaw had given it to her He lives on the floor below mine She would have turned 16 on 8 March The police say they are investigating She died while I was taking her to the hospital he told ANIHowever the Shahdara police clarified that a medicolegal case was filed at Maulana Azad Hospital on October 29 2025 where the record only mentioned acid ingestion and no history of assault was reportedAt that time the girl and her mother stated that she had ingested the acid voluntarily following an argument with her husband Bhura alias Subhash a resident of Thiryasalahpur village in Rampur Uttar PradeshPolice said that later on January 29 the victims mother lodged a complaint at Geeta Colony Police Station alleging that her daughter had been sexually assaulted by Bhura and forced to consume acid on 29 October 2025 Based on this complaint a case was registered under Sections 65 and 3512 of the BNS and Section 6 of the POCSO ActThe victim reportedly gave contradictory statements before the magistrate regarding the acid ingestion police saidFollowing the incident the girl was not admitted to any hospital and stayed at her parents home On February 7 2026 her father brought her to the emergency department of LNJP Hospital where she was declared dead An autopsy was conducted the following day on February 8 police saidwith PTI and ANI inputs