India, Jan. 1 -- New Delhi

A 32-year-old man and his 28-year-old wife allegedly died by suicide at their Wazirabad residence in front of their four-year-old son early Wednesday, police said. The couple celebrated New Year's Eve with their family, who called the police around 3.45am upon finding them motionless, they said.

The couple lived on the first floor with their son, whose grandparents lived on the ground floor of an apartment complex. The husband worked for the Delhi Jal Board and the wife ran a salon near their house, police said.

Police said the four-year-old discovered their bodies and informed his grandparents. "When the child woke up post-midnight, he saw his parents not responding. He got scared and rushed downstairs to in...