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Tired of being ill-treated by his father, when 10-year-old Sachin (name changed) left home four years back, he didn't know that fate had something worse in store for him. In July 2017, cops found him near a masjid in Bandra East and took him to a BMC-run hospital, where he was diagnosed with TB. Thereafter, he was shifted to the TB Hospital in Sewri. After he passed away in February this year, his father refused to take possession of his body. When several attempts to convince him failed, the hospital authorities kept the body in the mortuary for three months and finally performed his last rites on Sunday.