Mumbai: Bodies of mother and son found in Mira Road apartment

The Navghar police have discovered two decomposed bodies from Meri Gold buildingBeverly Park in Mira Road on SundayThe bodies recovered were identified as that of 75yearold Meenakshi Iyer and her 42yearold son Venkateshwar Iyer They were residing on rent in flat number 702 of the building since the last two years an official said adding that they could have died 4 to 5 days agoAlso ReadPartially burnt body of woman with face charred found in ThaneThe body of Meenakshi was found lying in the living room while her son Venkateshwars body was recovered from the bedroom A suicide note was found typed on a laptop which was kept on charge mode The note said No one should be responsible for the deaths stated that son had killed the mother by giving her poison and later consume the same poison and diedThe resident of the building informed the flat owner and later the police after a foul smell from the flat After they arrived the police tried to break open the door but it was locked on the inside After breaking open the door with the flat owner neighbours and security guard around they discovered the bodies said a police official from a local police stationAlso ReadHospital of horrors Skeletal remains found near garbage dumpDuring the investigation it was revealed that the deceased hailed Kerala and had moved into the apartment in June 2017 The rent agreement expired in April and Venkateshwar sought 34 months in order to vacate the flat He also informed the owner about his plan to move overseas with his motherInitially Venkateshwar was working with an IT firm but since the past couple of months he was jobless He was probably facing a financial crisis and hence must have taken such a step the official addedAfter conducting the Panchnama the police officials sent the bodies for autopsy at a local government hospital They also managed to inform their relatives who reside in Kerala he added furtherTop news stories of the daySex toys worth Rs 8 crore confiscated in two years in MumbaiIn the worlds second populous nation the obsession with sex toys shouldnt come as a surprise What however does is the massive quantity of it being illegally brought into the country The toys are regularly detained by the Customs Department A Right To Information query filed by activist Prithviraj Maske revealed that from 2017 to January 2019 the Airport Special Courier Cell of the Mumbai Customs Department had seized sex toys worth Rs 8 crore Read full storyMurder Mystery Solved 3D face helps cops crack caseThe forensic department of the KEM Hospital has helped the Navghar police crack a twomonthold murder case with the help of facial reconstruction and 3D superimposition technology which they used to put a face on the victims severely fractured skull Yogesh Rane a worker at a tea stall in Mulund had in March smashed the face of his colleague Vijay Kishor and burnt his upper body for laughing at him at the gym He was caught after he attempted to kill another coworker when the latter started asking him questions about Kishors sudden disappearance Read full storyMumbai Corporators oppose parking fines say additionl infra requiredThe Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations BMC decision to tackle the citys illegal parking menace has fallen flat with corporators opposing the move of charging hefty fines without providing the required infrastructure or additional parking space to citizens Not only members of the ruling coalition even the Opposition opposed the move at the civic bodys general body meeting on Monday Read full storyMumbais top cop pedals to 1500 km cycling historyIndian Police Service IPS Krishna Prakash special inspector general of police IGP administration Maharashtra is back home in Mumbai after creating cycling history The tough cop has finished a stupendous fourth in the mens open category of the Race Across West RAW in USA The race which requires cycling for approximately 1500 km across four American states started on June 11 and ended on June 14 Read full storyBandra court asks police to probe case of school that blamed child for bad touchThe Bandra Court has directed the Santacruz police to register an offence against a reputed school in Vile Parle after a petitioner parent alleged mental harassment of her child by it Last year the eightyearold child was reprimanded for inappropriately touching his classmates by the school The parents later complained that the way the school treated the child thereon was harassment Read full storyCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates