The Navghar police in Mulund have filed a first information report (FIR) against a man, 59, for allegedly killing his 71-year-old mother-in-law. The man later died by suicide on the same day. The matter came to light on Tuesday after two bodies were discovered in the Navghar area.

Speaking to mid-day, an officer attached to the Navghar police station said they had initially filed an accidental death report (ADR).  “A passersby noticed fumes from the tempo near Babu Wadi Chawl and alerted us. We reached the spot and found two bodies in a burnt state. Since the door was locked from inside, we suspected it to be suicide,” the officer said. The post-mortem revealed that the senior citizen had died of a head injury before she was burnt.