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A 28-year-old woman whose right hand had to be amputated after a botched up surgery at a private hospital in Vasai has been struggling to register an FIR against the consulting doctor and the facility for months. Saroj Samanto alleged that the hospital is trying to suppress the matter by offering her Rs 25,000. The director of the hospital has denied the allegation.

Sources said the leopard had been moving around with a clamp on its foot clearly indicating attempts to poach.

According to media reports, the name of the accused is Noorullah Ashraf Ali Sheikh. He works in a madrasa located in Vasai.

Special POCSO court judge Aditee U Kadam in her order pronounced on Friday, a copy of it was made available on Saturday, also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the accused and directed that the victim be provided a compensation through the district legal services authority (DLSA).

The outbreak of bird flu in Vasai has raised concerns among poultry traders. Last week large numbers of chicken died in different parts of the city.

Due to the no lights, the CCTV images of the area were grainy but Waliv police were able to zero in on a waiting car in which the thieves allegedly got away. The accused entered the ATM kiosk, located at Maurya Naka in Sativali, on late Monday night during a power outage.