Thane: 30-year-old woman found dead in apartment

A 30yearold woman was found hanging in an apartment in Maharashtras Thane city on Thursday morning civic officials told news agency PTIThe police told PTI that they suspect it to be a case of suicide but as of now they have registered a case of accidental death and are conducting a probe into itSome neighbours of the woman who was married alerted the police at around 830 am about the body in the flat located on the first floor of a building in Vartak Nagar area Thane Municipal Corporations disaster control officer Yasin Tadvi told PTILocal firemen and the police rushed to the spot and found the woman hanging from the ceiling of her flat he saidThe body has been sent to a government hospital for postmortem the official said adding an inquiry is on into the caseMeanwhile the body of a 36yearold woman chopped into several pieces was found in a flat on the seventh floor of a building in the MiraBhayandar area of Thane district on Wednesday night police told PTIThe victim Saraswati Vaidya was in a livein relationship with a man identified as Manoj Sahani 56 and the couple has been residing in the flat since the last three years a senior official at the Naya Nagar police station told PTIPolice were alerted by local residents who complained of a foul smell emanating from the flat he saidA team rushed to the spot and found the decomposed body of the woman which was cut into several pieces said the officialHe said police have taken into custody two suspects and they are being interrogatedThe official did not reveal the identity of the suspects or a possible motive behind the murderIn another incident a 35yearold man from Maharashtras Thane district allegedly tried to kill his wife following domestic dispute an official told PTI on WednesdayAfter the incident on Monday the man also attempted to commit suicide by slitting his wrist Shanti Nagar police stations inspector Vikram Mohite said adding the accused and his wife have been hospitalisedThe man and his 21yearold wife residents of Bhiwandi town used to be frequent quarrels over domestic issues he saidOn Monday the man allegedly attacked his wife with a blade and attempted to kill her the official saidThe man then also slit his wrist and tried to end his life he saidThe accused and his wife were rushed to different hospitals and were undergoing treatment the official saidA case was registered against the accused under Indian Penal Code sections 307 attempt to murder and 309 attempt to commit suicide he saidWith inputs from PTI