Mangaluru: The death of a woman, post-childbirth, became the centre of a huge argument at Wenlock Hospital here on Thursday, August 30. Chaos loomed large over the hospital when the woman’s family began to butt heads with her husband’s family in a heated argument.

The deceased has been identified as Deepika Acharya (27) from Karkala. It is gathered that she was admitted to a private hospital in Moodbidri on August 25, and was later moved to Wenlock Hospital on on the same day as she had high blood pressure. An emergency caesarean procedure was performed to deliver the child on August 28, as the doctors found that Deepika’s condition was serious. She delivered a baby boy, after which she breathed her last on August 29 at 10.15 pm.

Distraught after the death of their daughter, Deepika’s parents accused her in-laws and husband, Prakash Acharya, of negligence and demanded that Deepika’s body be given to them. Prakash’s family, however, refused their demands.

Other members of the community soon arrived at the hospital to help resolve the matter but, a verbal match soon broke out between the two families. It is said that Prakash’s relatives also demanded that the ornaments on Deepika’s body be handed over to them.

After receiving a complaint regarding the ruckus as the hospital, Pandeshwar police arrived at the scene and began to disperse the crowd. A meeting between the two families is being held with the mediation of the police.