Mumbai Police have filed an accidental death report (ADR) over the death of a 45-year-old woman after falling into a drain during heavy rain yesterday. The civic body has also ordered an inquiry into the incident that occurred late at night in Andheri. The victim has been identified as Vimal Anil Gaikwad.

Her husband, who had filed the police complaint, said Vimal was the breadwinner of the family. “I am a sick man, my wife used to take care of my house. We have lost everything, I want that whoever is at fault should be punished,” he said.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), facing charges of negligence, said it has formed a three-member panel, led by a Deputy Commissioner, and sought a report within three days.

“A high-level inquiry committee consisting of three members has been formed. Deputy Commissioner of Zone 3, Devidas Kshirsagar, will chair the committee, while Chief Fire Officer Ravindra Ambulgekar and Chief Engineer (Quality) Avinash Tambe will be the other two members,” the BMC said in a release.

Heavy rain threw life into disarray in the financial capital yesterday, submerging rail tracks and roads. Traffic came to a standstill and at least 14 inbound flights were diverted.

During the rain rampage, Gaikwad fell into an overflowing manhole near Gate number 8 of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation building in Andheri East. Cops and fire brigade personnel took her to Cooper Hospital, where she was declared dead.

At least seven persons have died in separate manhole incidents in Mumbai this year. The drain deaths also reveal a rise in thefts of manhole covers in the city. In 2023, Mumbai recorded 791 manhole cover thefts.

Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut‘s new film, ‘Emergency‘, can be released as long as “some cuts” – to be recommended by the Censor Board of Film Certification’s revision committee – are made, the Bombay High Court was told Thursday afternoon.

The movie was supposed to release on September 6, but ran into trouble after complaints of historical inaccuracies and misrepresenting the Sikh community. The movie is based on the Emergency imposed in 1975 by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Government sources have told NDTV “there is some sensitive content” and that “religious sentiments cannot be hurt”.

The High Court was hearing a petition by the movie’s co-producers, Zee Entertainment Enterprises, seeking the release of the censor certificate so the movie can hit the screens.

Last week the court directed the CBFC to take a final call, accepting the film ratings body’s reservations but noting “it is not for CBFC to decide whether this affects public order”.

Justice BP Colabwalla, one of two judges in the division bench hearing this case, pointed out Ms Ranaut’s production is not a documentary, and asked, “Do you think public is so naive they will believe everything in a movie? What about creative freedom?”

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The court also said the CBFC “can’t sit on the fence”. “Take a decision. Let’s see what the revising committee says, be it deciding to release or not, take a decision. Have the courage to say that the film should not be released. We will appreciate the stand of the CBFC,” it said.

Abhinav Chandrachud, the censor board’s counsel, told the court some scenes show a polarising figure cutting a deal with political parties. “We have to see if this is factually accurate,” he said, while also noting there is no “political angle” in the movie.

Earlier, the matter came up before the Madhya Pradesh High Court when two Sikh organisations filed a PIL. In response, the CBFC told the court the movie had not been issued a certificate.

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The court then disposed of that petition.

Ms Ranaut – who was also involved in a spat with the Congress over comments about the party’s Himachal Pradesh government and Sonia Gandhi, as well as over the farmers’ protests, has said she was forced to sell property due to the delayed censor certificate.

“I had staked my personal property on this film… which was supposed to come in theatres. Now it is not releasing, so the property is there, to be sold off in difficult times,” she said on X.

Ms Ranaut plays the role of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The movie also stars Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Vishak Nair, Mahima Chaudhry and Milind Soman in pivotal roles.

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