Overview
- The victim, Pratibha Manish Shankar, fell from her eighth-floor balcony at VTP Urban Life in Talegaon Dabhade, with police placing the incident between 1 pm and 1:30 pm on Saturday.
- She was taken to hospital where doctors declared her dead, and an advanced death certificate listed cardiorespiratory failure due to polytrauma.
- Senior inspector Santosh Patil said the case appears to be suicide pending confirmation, with investigators examining a viral video that shows her hanging from the balcony grill before the fall.
- Preliminary accounts point to a dispute with her husband shortly before she went onto the balcony, as neighbors and family tried to pull or persuade her to safety.
- Police registered an accidental death report at Talegaon MIDC station and are questioning relatives and residents to establish the timeline and assess any abetment.