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PUNE: Passersby watched in horror as a man threw his seven-month-old baby boy, whome he was holding in his arms, from the railway overbridge near the Pimpri station on Wednesday afternoon. However, the baby, Shubham, was miraculously unhurt even though he landed on the stones on the railway tracks below.Doctors at the government-run Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital said they ran a series of tests on Shubham, including an X-ray and a CT-scan, but found no internal or external injuries.The father, Datta alias Yuvraj Deshmukh (29), was soundly thrashed by the public after he threw Shubham onto the tracks. Some people even threatened to throw him off the overbridge. A traffic policeman intervened and took Deshmukh to the Pimpri police chowky in an autorickshaw.The police said Deshmukh, who is unemployed, had had a quarrel with his wife, Shubhangi, at their house in Ambedkar Colony on River Road in Pimpri. He picked up Shubham and went to the overbridge, shouting that he would throw him onto the tracks below. Many said they tried their best to stop Deshmukh but he was in no mood to listen. He also threatened Shubhangi, who had followed him, not to come near him. Shubham was picked up by a man crossing the tracks and taken to hospital with the help of a traffic constable.Speaking to TOI, police sub-inspector L M Sonawane said Deshmukh has a son from an earlier marriage. He told the police that he was unhappy with Shubhangi for not taking care of his older son.