Mumbai: A teenager was reported dead following a drunken mob attack, and many others were injured during Holi festivities on Tuesday. Some paediatric patients as young as five years old were brought in with allergic rashes, while others were referred to ophthalmology or orthopaedic wards. The deceased was identified as 18-year-old Tushar Sunil Unjanwal, who was playing Holi near the Wadala Truck Terminus. He was declared “brought dead” at Sion Hospital.
Hospital officials said his wounds were severe, including trauma to his left toes and middle fingers, a head injury, and blunt force trauma to the right side of his face. “We were told he was attacked by 8 to 10 people,” said a hospital doctor.Thirteen other injured individuals, all male, were rushed to Sion Hospital by 6pm, most of whom were residents of Dharavi. Two of them admitted themselves after feeling drowsy due to bhang consumption. A similar situation unfolded at KEM Hospital, where 35-year-old Harishchandra Gadmale suffered severe head injuries. His wife, Vinaya, told TOI he was rushed in after being assaulted by drunk men during the celebrations. In total, the hospital saw at least 10 people, 5 of whom were children. Four children, aged between 6 and 12, suffered trauma to the head, upper back, and eyes.Seven people were rushed to Nair Hospital with similar injuries and three at Cooper Hospital, including a 35-year-old woman with burn injuries on the right side of her face.
