Debt-Ridden Man Kills Wife, Commits Suicide In Mumbai: Cops

According to police, the man first killed his wife and then ended his life by consuming a poisonous substance.

A 43-year-old debt-ridden man allegedly killed his wife and later committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance at his residence in central Mumbai on Thursday, police said.

The incident took place in the afternoon at a 'chawl' (old row tenements) in the Dadar area and came to light when relatives of the couple, Vinod Samjiskar and his wife Shubhangi, visited their home and found both of them lying on the bed motionless, an official said.

Samjiskar first killed his wife and then ended his life by consuming a poisonous substance, he said.

However, it was not clear how the woman was killed.