Name: Aishika “Shreya” Sarkar.
Died: August 27, 2017.
Age at death: 7.
Cause of death: Fall injuries.
Location: J. P. Nagar, Bengaluru, India.
Disability: Autism.
Details:
Shreya was “screaming and being stubborn”, so her mother allegedly decided to kill her. Shreya’s mother allegedly threw her off the third-floor balcony. Neighbors say that when she saw that Shreya was still breathing, she carried Shreya back up the stairs and threw her off the balcony again. This time, the impact killed Shreya.
Shreya’s neighbors chased down and captured Shreya’s mother and tied her to a telephone pole, then called the authorities.
When she died, Shreya had just begun to learn how to talk.
Case status:
Swathi Sarkar (Mother), charged with murder.
Source:
Autism Memorial: Aishika Sarkar
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