A 40-year-old TV actor allegedly strangled her teenage daughter to death and then hanged herself on Friday in Kalwa area in Mumbai, Thane Police stated. The suicide note purportedly written by the woman identified as Pradnya Parkar stated she was under extreme stress and hence she killed her daughter Shruti (17) and was going to kill herself.

According to the preliminary reports, Pradnya Parkar worked in the Marathi TV industry and was not getting much work these days. Her husband was also was facing problems in his business, said Shekhar Bagde, the senior police inspector. The incident reportedly occurred between 8 and 9 in the morning when her husband had gone to the gym. When he returned back home, he found the door of the flat locked from the inside. When it was broken open, the bodies of Pradnya Parkar and Shruti, who studied in Class 12, were found. The investigation is underway.