A 36-year-old woman and her eight-year-old son were found dead in a house in Kandivali (East) area of Mumbai on Monday morning, police said.
Both of them were found hanging inside the house, police said. Prima facie, police suspect that the woman allegedly killed her son and then died by suicide. However, police are awaiting the post-mortem reports .
The woman was identified as Pushpa Shivshankar Das, while her son has been identified as Shayan. The family hails from West Bengal.
According to police, the woman’s husband Shivshankar Gupta (40), a tempo driver, found them dead when he returned home after work on Monday afternoon.
“When he got no response on knocking the door, he looked through the window and saw his wife and son hanging from the roof. He broke opened door and later informed the police,” said a police officer.
The Samta Nagar police registered two accident death reports and are further investigating the case, said a senior police officer.