India, March 13 -- A 37-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide after throwing her eight-year-old daughter from their 29th-floor apartment at Palaspe in Maharashtra's Panvel on Wednesday morning.

Senior police inspector Nitin Thackeray said the exact reason behind the extreme step remained unclear but a preliminary probe suggested a possible marital dispute and mental distress. "Following an argument with the husband, the woman is stated to have locked herself and her daughter in the bedroom, which had access to the balcony. Later, the woman flung her daughter out of the balcony and jumped herself off," Thakare said.

An investigation was going on to determine the circumstances that led to the incident. Police have registered a murder c...