Pune: Man kills wife & son, hangs self from ceiling fan

PUNE: A 38-year-old truck driver was found hanging from a ceiling fan, while his wife (28) and one-year-old son were found murdered in one of the bedrooms of their ground-floor 2BHK rented flat at Kadamvak Vasti in Loni Kalbhor on Sunday night.
Senior inspector Rajendra Mokashi of the Loni Kalbhor police cited preliminary investigation and said, “The truck driver Hemant Shinde first throttled his wife, Pradnya. He then used a kitchen knife to slit the throat of his one-year-old son. He then hanged himself from the bedroom fan with a sari.” His brother had gone out for work, his two kids were watching TV and his parents were in the other room. The incident occurred between 5pm-6pm, it came to light around 9pm when his father, Daryappa (65), on noticing complete silence, looked into his window.
Mokashi said, “Shinde has not left a suicide note. Daryappa told us Pradnya often quarrelled with Hemant as he wasn’t going to work.” Daryappa told the police Hemant was upset as he was unable to repay the loan taken from some people. Sub-inspector Bhagwat Shendge said, “ We have lodged an FIR against the deceased for murder, suicide.” Daryapa, whose cellphone was off, was not available for comment when TOI tried to reach him.