Bullied by sons, their wives, 75-yr-old widow jumps into river

Rajesh Kachi and Shravan Pathak were pulling Sushila Kelaji out of the waters yesterday the 75yearold was pleading with them to let her die After being physically and mentally harassed by her sons and daughtersinlaw the woman tried to commit suicide by jumping into the river from Shivaji Bridge near Pune Municipal Corporation PMC office However Kachi and Pathak spotted her and saved her life They saved the day Rajesh Kachi right and Shravan Pathak pulled Sushila Kelaji out of the waters after the woman leapt into the river from Shivaji Bridge near PMC office ldquoI am a widow and my husband died 20 years ago After that I started working as a domestic help and raised my two sons and two stepsons They are now married and live apart My sons and their wives consider me a burden and constantly badger merdquo said Sushila with both anger and fear in her eyes She added that her husband who was employed with the railway police did not leave behind any money or property for her and her sons and daughtersinlaw treat her like an animal and do not even provide adequate food on time Left behind Sushila Kelaji said the two sons her husband had with his first wife have also severed all ties with her and never come to meet her ldquoI have been suffering from cataract and my eyesight is not good However alluding to increasing expenses my younger son Rajesh with whom I am currently staying never takes me to the hospital My elder son Vinayak who works in a medical shop too neglects me and never takes care of merdquo she said Sushila said the two sons her husband had with his first wife have also severed all ties with her and never come to meet her ldquoAfter the death of my husband I raised all four of them by working as a domestic help However after getting married they changed and started bullying merdquo she said adding ldquoSince I have nothing to give them they feel I am not of any use and because of my advanced age and deteriorating health they want me to go somewhere elserdquo she said Extreme step Speaking about the decision of ending her life she said that on Saturday she had had a quarrel with her younger son and his wife and they even assaulted her causing injuries to her handu00a0ldquoAfter this I decided that life wasnrsquot worth living anymore and on Sunday afternoon I took a bus to Shivajinagar got down at PMC headquarters and plunged into the river from the bridgerdquo she said Kachi who runs a bhurji stall near the bridge saw the woman taking the leap and immediately jumped in along with Pathak managing to rescue the woman ldquoWe took her to the Shivajinagar police chowkie took the phone numbers of her younger son and daughterinlaw and asked the police to summon themrdquo said Kachi When contacted subinspector Ramdas Mundhe from the police chowkie said that after counselling and providing medical treatment to Sushila she returned to her son and his wife on the condition that they would not harass her in futureu00a0ldquoWe have taken a written statement from her son Rajesh and daughterinlaw Mrunal and have reprimanded themrdquo said Mundhe No case has been lodged against Sushila Jyoti Pund an officer from the senior citizen cell of the city police said that in such cases they first try to counsel the person and if he or she is not willing to stay with his or her family they try to shift the individual to some old age home In this case she said that if the woman is prepared they can move her to somewhere she feels more comfortableu00a0