Archive · 25 Sep 2026
Second Death Reported Near Mumbai’s Lalbaugcha Raja Pandal
A 68-year-old man named Vijay Aanekar became unconscious near a Ganesh festival site in Mumbai.
He was sitting near a Hanuman temple close to the Lalbaugcha Raja pandal.
This happened on Thursday night.
People took him to Global Hospital in Parel.
A doctor said he had already died when he arrived.
Officials did not immediately know why he died.
This was the second death reported in the Lalbaug area during the festival.
Earlier, 25-year-old Jaideep Meghraj Nemade died after a medical emergency at the pandal on September 17.
Vijay Aanekar, 68, died after becoming unconscious near the Lalbaugcha Raja pandal.
The incident occurred on Thursday night near a Hanuman temple in central Mumbai.
Aanekar was taken to Global Hospital in Parel and declared brought dead.
Officials said the cause of death was not immediately known.
The death was the second reported in the Lalbaug area during the 12-day Ganesh festival.
- Who
- Vijay Aanekar, a 68-year-old local resident, died; an earlier death involved 25-year-old Pune resident Jaideep Meghraj Nemade.
- What
- Aanekar became unconscious near the Lalbaugcha Raja pandal and was declared dead at a hospital.
- When
- The latest incident occurred on Thursday night; Nemade died on September 17.
- Where
- The incident occurred near a Hanuman temple by the Lalbaugcha Raja pandal in central Mumbai; Aanekar was taken to Global Hospital in Parel.
- Why
- The cause of Aanekar’s death was not immediately known.
- Latest victim
- Vijay Aanekar, 68
- Incident timing
- Thursday night
- Location
- Near the Lalbaugcha Raja pandal in central Mumbai
- Hospital
- Global Hospital in Parel
- Medical finding
- Declared “brought dead”
- Cause of death
- Not immediately known
- Earlier death
- Jaideep Meghraj Nemade, 25, died after a medical emergency on September 17
