India, June 9 -- A 60-year-old electrician allegedly shot dead his 53-year-old wife before dying by suicide at their Worli residence early Sunday morning, police said. The incident occurred while the couple's son and daughter-in-law were asleep in another room.

According to the Worli police, the incident took place between 5:30 and 6:30 am at the family's home in a housing society in the area. Preliminary investigation suggests that a domestic quarrel escalated, prompting the man to shoot his wife at point-blank range with a country-made pistol. He then left the flat and shot himself on the building's staircase.

The couple's son, 30, and his wife were reportedly asleep in their bedroom and claimed they did not hear the gunshots. The cri...