Overview
- A widely shared clip shows an 80-year-old woman crying alone at the Mandsaur bus stand in Madhya Pradesh as passersby stop to check on her.
- Social posts allege she was left there following a household argument, with some reports attributing the act to a son or grandson under pressure from a daughter-in-law.
- The person recording the video identifies her as the mother of schoolteacher Suresh Sharma and says she was trying to reach her daughter’s home.
- Mandsaur police have taken cognisance and opened an inquiry under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007.
- Outlets note the narrative circulating online has not been independently verified and official statements from authorities or the family were not available at the time of reporting.