An accidental death case has been registered, the senior inspector said (Representational)
A 52 year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping off a building in Mumbai's Lokhandwala Market area in Oshiwara in the metropolis on today evening, some time after her daughter consumed a disinfectant and was rushed to a hospital, the police said.
Senior Inspector Dayanand Bangar said Shashi Komal Sagar and her daughter Priya had a fight over a box of bangles and the latter consumed phenyle in front of family members.
"When family members returned after admitting Priya to a nearby hospital, they could not find Shashi in the house. They mounted a search and found her body on the ledge in the second floor. She seems to have jumped off the building. An accidental death case has been registered," he said.
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