Elderly man found hanging, wife lying dead next to him in Mumbai flat

A 61yearold man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself while his 57yearold wife was found lying dead next to him in their Mumbai flat a police official said on Monday reported news agency PTIA foul smell emanated from their Mumbai flat at the Anubhuti Society at Arya Chanakyanagar in Kandivali on Sunday following which their neighbours alerted police reported PTIThe police reached the spot and broke the door of the Mumbai flatThey found Pramod Vasudev Chonkar hanging from a ceiling fan with a nylon rope and his wife Arpita Pramod Chonkar lying dead next to him the official from Samta Nagar police station said reported PTIThe bodies had decomposed he said adding the couple did not have childrenA note was found at the spot in which the man mentioned they were mentally depressed and that they were taking the step on their own wish and no one should be held responsible for it the official said reported PTIBased on preliminary information the police registered an accidental death report and an investigation was underway he saidIn another incident the body of an unidentified man age around 50 was found on Parsik Hill on Saturday following which a case of murder was registered Navi Mumbai police said reported PTIThe victim was probably hit with a stone and had injuries on the head neck and nose said senior inspector Giridhar Gore of CBD police station reported PTIHe had also been attacked with a sharp weaponFurther probe was on the official saidMeanwhile police have arrested a 22yearold woman for allegedly killing her husband with an axe while he was asleep at home in Wada taluka of Maharashtras Palghar district an official said on Saturday reported PTIThe incident occurred on May 8 and the victim was identified as 26yearold Ajay Raghunath Bochal they said reported PTIAfter the body was found his wife Anita told the police that the victim was attacked by some unidentified person during the intervening night The police registered a case of murder and formed teams to nab the suspects inspector Datta Kindre of the Wada police station said reported PTIAs the crime had taken place in the house when all the family members were present in the house it was very difficult to find the real accused The police probed if the victim had any love affair he said reported PTIThe police extensively interrogated all the family members and came to know that the victim used to doubt his wifes character and target her by linking her to another man This annoyed her wife and she eventually attacked her husband with an axe in the middle of the night he added reported PTIAfter her interrogation the police arrested her and produced her before a magistrate who remanded her into police custody the official saidWith inputs from PTI