India, Dec. 27 -- A 48-year-old man allegedly strangled his wife to death at their residence in east Delhi's Kasturba Nagar on Wednesday afternoon and later killed himself by jumping in front of a moving train on the nearby railway tracks, police said on Friday.

Upon investigation, it was revealed that the couple had an altercation after the man asked for Rs.20 from his 45-year-old wife and she refused, suspecting he would spend it on alcohol. Enraged, he strangled her with a dupatta.

The incident allegedly took place in the presence of the couple's 21-year-old son, who initially claimed that his mother died by suicide. However, the woman's autopsy report confirmed that she was strangled.

The woman's brother-in-law called the police at...