A saas-bahu argument took a tragic turn in Shivaji Park yesterday, leading to the death of both the women. The deceased have been identified as Usha Kangutkar and her daughter-in-law Akshata Kangutkar. The women died in front of Akshata&rsquo;s 14-year-old son, in their second floor flat in Jai Hanuman co-operative housing society.
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<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/jul/Jai-Hanuman-Society.jpg" alt="" /> The women were found dead in their second floor flat in Jai Hanuman co-operative housing society
The incident came to light after the son raised an alarm after witnessing the act. The neighbours then alerted the police. Laxmikant Kangutkar, Akshata&rsquo;s husband, was at work at the time of the incident. &ldquo;There have been noticeable quarrels between the two. Both were killed in front of the son and then the police came to their house to take custody of the bodies. We got to know that the daughter-in-law killed the mother-in-law and then drank poison,&rdquo; said a resident of the housing society.
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Cop says Paramjit Singh Dahiya, DCP Zone V, said, &ldquo;The sole witness in the case is the 14-year-old boy. The provisional post mortem report of the mother-in-law has revealed death by strangulation. Based on the report and circumstances, Shivaji Park Police station has registered a FIR under 302 (murder) of the IPC against the [deceased] daughter-in-law.&rdquo;

The woman&rsquo;s 14-year-old son watched as his mother strangled his grandmother and then drank poison&nbsp;in their second floor flat in Jai Hanuman co-operative housing society&nbsp;in Shivaji Park

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The woman&rsquo;s 14-year-old son watched as his mother strangled his grandmother and then drank poison&nbsp;in their second floor flat in Jai Hanuman co-operative housing society&nbsp;in Shivaji Park

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