Mumbai: Matunga woman kills mom-in-law, poisons self over petty arguments

SaasBahu arguments can prove fatal Just ask Laxmikant Kangutkar whose wife choked his mother to death after an argument and then drank poison to kill herself In his statement to the police Laxmikant has revealed how the woman had a 15yearlong history of arguments often over entry into the kitchen and blocking the view of the televisionAlso readWoman kills self after murdering motherinlawAkshata Kangutkar in pic would make hand gestures at her motherinlaw UshaThe arguments turned ugly on Thursday morning at the Kangutkars second floor residence in Jai Hanuman CoOp Housing Society in Matunga Akshata Kangutkar 43 killed her motherinlaw Usha 70 over another domestic quarrelA day after the incident a devastated Laxmikant appeared before the police and recorded his statement Laxmikant told the police that there were frequent arguments between the two since 2001 a year after he got married to Akshata She would make gestures to tease Usha and she hated it when someone made hand actions at her Usha in turn would respond with her own volley of insultsmiddayrsquos July 21 report on the womens deathsOn Thursday morning after Laxmikant left for work Usha and Akshata got into an argument and once again she used hand gestures to tease Usha The argument grew violent and Akshata strangled Usha to death Upon discovering that Usha was dead Akshata picked up a bottle of Phoskill and consumed itKitchen politicsLaxmikant told the police that his wife and mother never got along and there were frequent fights between the two over petty issues Akshata used to get irritated on seeing her motherinlaw in the kitchen and she would bluntly convey her displeasure on several occasions Usha would retort by saying it is her sonrsquos house and Akshata has no right to stop her from venturing into the kitchenThe second cause of arguments was when Ankita used to stand in front of a mirror thus coming in the way of Usharsquos view of the television ldquoOurs is a one room kitchen flat Whenever she came in front of the mirror it restricted my mother from watching TV This was the other major cause of fights between the twordquo Laxmikant told copsHe added that his wife was hot headed and on many occasions she provoked his mother by making funny gestures at her He had made several attempts to stop her from doing so but she had ignored himBodies found by sonPrimary investigations have revealed that Usha was strangulated to death by Akshata who killed herself by consuming Phoskill an insecticide All this while Akshata and Laxmikants 14yearold son Rajdutt was sleeping in the bedroom and awoke at 11 am to the sight of his mother and grandmother lying dead on the floorHe asked them to wake up and when none of the two responded to him he phoned Laxmikant who then asked him to inform their relatives who reside on the third floor of the same building The relatives rushed to help and raised an alarm after finding out the women were dead They called the neighbours who then phoned the policeCops saysGangadhar Sonawane senior police inspector of Shivaji Park police station said ldquoWe have recorded the statements of Laxmikant Kangutkar and his school going son Akshata and Laxmikant got married in 2000 and a year later frequent quarrels occured between the mother and daughterinlaw started On many occasions Laxmikant tried to intervenerdquoHe added ldquoAfter receiving the provisional post mortem reports of Usha it has been revealed that her death was by strangulation Based on the report and circumstances an FIR under section 302 murder of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against Akshata Kangutkarrdquo