A 30-year-old tribal woman from Jawhar taluka in Palghar strangulated her three-year-old daughter to death and then committed suicide on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. The deceased woman has been identified as Mangala Wagh and her daughter's name was Roshni.

According to the police, Mangala’s husband Dileep is a labourer and used to work at brick kilns. "The family was starving as work had stopped at brick kilns since the lockdown was imposed and they had no other source of income," a police officer said.