06 December,2018 08:27 PM IST | | PTI
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A man committed suicide after allegedly killing his wife in front of his son at the famous hill station of Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra, police said Thursday.
Anil Shinde (34), a driver by profession, his wife Seema (30) and their 11-year-old son were visiting the hill station located in Satara district Wednesday, police said.
After returning to their hotel room, the couple apparently had a heated argument after their son went to sleep, said a police officer. The boy woke up to screams and found that his father was stabbing his mother with a knife, he told police.
He pleaded with his father to stop, but Shinde allegedly killed his wife and then slit his own throat, the official said.
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The boy ran out of the room and alerted the hotel manager who contacted police, he said.
Police took the couple to a nearby hospital where the couple were declared dead. A case of murder and suicide was registered and autopsy reports were awaited, the officer said, adding that the exact cause of the altercation between the couple was being ascertained.
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