Mumbai: Man kills wife, dies by suicide with countrymade gun in Worli

The police said that a 60-year-old man shot and killed his wife and committed suicide using a countrymade firearm in Worli on Sunday, reported news agency PTI.

The incident occurred around 6 am in a residential building in the Siddharth Nagar area of Worli in central Mumbai, an official said.

He said Rajmanohar Nampally shot his wife, Lata (53), before turning the weapon on himself, reported PTI.

The official said that Nampally lived with his wife, son and daughter-in-law in a flat, and there had been frequent quarrels between the father and son about living separately, reported PTI.

He said the father-son duo had drunken altercations, and the woman sided with her son.

One such argument had taken place on Saturday evening, and Nampally was upset with his wife.

The official said Nampally woke up in the morning and took out a countrymade firearm, shot at his wife and later shot himself, reported PTI.

The son and daughter-in-law woke up to the sounds of the gunshots and alerted the police, he said, adding that the bodies were sent for post-mortem.

A case has been registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and further probe was underway, the official said.

Homeless man bludgeoned to death in Navi Mumbai; mob beats up attacker

In another case, a homeless man was bludgeoned to death in Navi Mumbai in the wee hours of Sunday, and the police rescued the attacker from an angry mob that had cornered him, an official said, reported PTI.

The accused sustained injuries in the incident and has been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai, he said.

The official said that the victim, Prakash Nagorao Lokhande, slept on the footpath under the Shahbaz Belapur bridge, reported PTI.

“As per preliminary information, the attack took place around 3.45 am after the victim got into an argument with the accused, Abhishek Singh alias Abhishek Pal. The latter attacked the sleeping man with a large stone, killing him on the spot,” he said, reported PTI.

People in the vicinity caught hold of the accused and started beating him up, the official said.

He said a team from Belapur police reached the spot and rescued the injured man, who was admitted to JJ Hospital in Mumbai.

A case has been registered under section 103(1)(murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and an investigation is underway, the official added.

(With inputs from PTI)

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