Man kills wife, commits suicide later

A 27-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and later allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a train here, police said today.
A body of a man was recovered from the railway tracks near platform number 6 at the Thane railway station at around 6:00 AM today, assistant sub-inspector at Thane Railway police station, S G Gaonkar said.
"After preliminary investigation, we reached the man's residence in Manorama Nagar here and found a dead body of a woman inside the house. Prima facie, it looks he allegedly stabbed his wife to death and then committed suicide," the officer said.
He said they are still trying to ascertain the identity of the man and as per people in the deceased's neighbourhood, the man worked with a chemical factory and the couple have two children.

A case of accidental death has been registered in connection with the man's death and both the bodies have been sent for postmortem, Gaonkar added.
The reason behind the murder and suicide is yet to be known and further investigations are on, police added.