The police said that a 60-year-old man shot and killed his wife and committed suicide using a countrymade firearm in Worli on Sunday, reported news agency PTI.

The incident occurred around 6 am in a residential building in the Siddharth Nagar area of Worli in central Mumbai, an official said.

He said Rajmanohar Nampally shot his wife, Lata (53), before turning the weapon on himself, reported PTI.