The claimants had sought compensation for the death of the bread winner of the family who was 28 years old when he met with the accident and succumbed.

The Mumbai Police was alerted through a tip-off to the control room, reporting that an elderly woman had been left to die amidst rotting trash and plastic waste.

The Assembly bypolls were held for two seats in Gujarat’s Visavadar and Kadi, and one each in Kerala’s Nilambur, Punjab’s Ludhiana West, and West Bengal’s Kaliganj.