At about 2.30 am on Thursday, Lata Pathare woke up and realised that her husband Ravindra, who was initially lying next to her, wasn’t around. She began searching for him and soon found him outside, hanging from a tree.

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Distressed: The 47-year-old cobbler, Ravindra Pathare (left), committed suicide outside his shop at Khira Nagar, Santacruz (West)