India News | Kanpur Man Kills Self After Strangulating Mother to Death

Kanpur (UP), Apr 13 (PTI) A newly married man killed his mother before hanging himself to death allegedly due to a family dispute, police said on Thursday.

They said Vivek Verma alias Nikhil (28), who ran a coaching class, was found hanging with a ceiling hook on Wednesday, while Rajkumari Verma (60) was lying dead on the floor of their house at R K Nagar under Nazirabad police station area.

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Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Pramod Kumar told PTI the exact reason behind the suspected murder-suicide case was yet to be ascertained.

Prima facie, it appeared Vivek first strangulated his mother to death dead before hanging himself, he said.

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Forensic experts were called in at the site to gather scientific evidence.

Locals said there was a property dispute between Nikhil's mother and his wife Priyanka.

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