A 23-year-old man was arrested by Ghatkopar police for allegedly throwing his nine-month-old son off a skywalk outside Ghatkopar railway station following an argument with his wife on Sunday night. The infant, Aarav, sustained serious injuries and is undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Sion Hospital.

The accused, identified as Jafar Shaikh, lives in Ghatkopar’s Sarvodaya Nagar area with his 22-year-old wife, Aarti Jafar Shaikh, who is the complainant in the case. The couple allegedly married around two years ago and have a nine-month-old son. According to a police official, Shaikh sells clothes in the area, and the couple had reportedly been having frequent arguments over the past few months, allegedly linked to his substance-use habit.