A 40-year-old housewife was stabbed to death by her husband, who also inflicted wounds on himself with the same weapon, in Maharashtra`s Thane district, police said on Friday, reported news agency PTI.

Accused Santosh Powale, 41, attacked his wife Vidhya as he suspected her of infidelity, an official said, reported PTI.

Santosh repeatedly stabbed his wife with a knife during an argument at their home in Varap of Kalyan taluka on Thursday night, he said.

After hearing the woman`s screams, neighbours rushed to the couple`s house and found Vidhya in a pool of blood.

Santosh, who had stabbed himself, had suffered serious injuries, the official said. Both were taken to a local hospital, where doctors declared Vidhya dead, reported PTI.

The accused, who has been booked for murder, was later shifted to the Kalwa civic hospital in Thane city, the official said.

Man beaten to death by roommates in Mumbai; four held

In another case, a 43-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by his roommates over a trivial issue in the eastern suburbs here, police said on Tuesday, reported PTI.

The victim, Javed Ahmed Ashiq Ali Khan, was attacked by the accused in their apartment in Kurla West on Monday night after he refused to bring them food from a restaurant, an official said, reported PTI.

He said that the police arrested Sehbaz Sajjad Hussain Khan (21), Jamal Hussain Khan (42), Sajjad Hussain Khan (42) and Arif Hussain Khan (32) within hours of the murder, reported PTI.

The arrested accused asked Ahmed to bring them food from a restaurant, to which he said he wasn`t hungry and would not step out, the official said, reported PTI.

The accused allegedly verbally abused him, kicked and punched him and attacked him with a stick, he said.

Ahmed was declared dead at a nearby hospital, following which a case was registered, the official said.

Man killed during drinking session in Navi Mumbai; one held

Meanwhile, a man was killed by his friends during a drinking session in Navi Mumbai, following which the police have arrested one person, officials said, reported PTI.

The police are on the lookout for two more accused in the murder of the victim, who they identified only as Pandit, they said.

Pandit, aged between 30 and 35, and his friends were consuming alcohol below the Belapur-Vashi highway overbridge near Turbhe Naka on Tuesday night at the time of the fatal attack, reported PTI.

Pandit allegedly abused his friends, infuriating them. Pandit`s friends hit him with a fibre pipe and broken bottles, killing him at the scene, said an official from the Turbhe police station.

After being alerted, police launched a probe and arrested one Vicky Budner, 27, who was allegedly involved in the murder. “Two others, identified as Aryan and Rajkumar, are currently wanted,” the official said, reported PTI.

(With inputs from PTI)

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