21 February,2024 08:49 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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A man allegedly stabbed his male colleague to death before hanging himself at a garment unit in Sakinaka area of Mumbai in the early hours of Wednesday, police said, reported the PTI.
Prima facie, an argument between them on some issue led to the crime, an official said.
The incident came to light this morning after the owner of the garment unit, located in Sakinaka area, found the door locked from inside, a police official said.
"The owner asked a staffer to enter the unit by climbing from an adjacent shop. He spotted the body of Saddam Hussain Mohammed Ahmed Shaikh, 31, hanging on the mezzanine floor," he said.
The owner then called the police.
"Police used a cutter to break open the door to gain entry. The body of another employee, identified as Mohammed Ayyaz Nayab Ahmed Shaikh, 22, was found lying with injuries," the official said, the news agency reported on Wednesday.
Prima facie, Saddam Hussain stabbed Mohammed Ayyaz with a pair of scissors in the throat, stomach and chest, before hanging himself, he said.
A case under Indian Penal Code sections for murder and accidental death has been registered and further investigation is underway.
Meanwhile, in another incident, a 40-year-old man, who had been undergoing treatment for his mental illness, allegedly killed his mother in Latur district of Maharashtra, a police official said on Wednesday, reported the PTI.
His 69-year-old mother was reportedly killed by her son, who has been under treatment for mental health issues for the past 12 years, the official said, according to the PTI.
The incident took place at Valmiki Nagar in the MIDC area on Tuesday afternoon, he said.
The man identified as Poonamchandra Kandale allegedly hit his mother Prabhavati Kandale with a stick on the head when she went to his room with food, resulting in her death, the official.
Assistant inspector Shivaji Devkate said that the man lives with mental health issues and has been under treatment since the year 2011.
"We have kept him in the hospital on medical advice and informed the court," Shivaji Devkate said.
Further investigations were underway, he said.
