<p>Ahmedabad: A 47-year-old man and his 75-year-old mother were found dead in their house in Ahmedabad, with police suspecting that the son stabbed her to death before taking his own life, an official said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The suspected murder-suicide took place at Mahalakshmi Flats in the Paldi locality of the city, they said.</p>.<p>Maitrey Bhagat was found hanging from a ceiling fan in one room, while his mother Dattaben's body was lying in a pool of blood in another room, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Shivam Verma said.</p>.<p>Neighbours grew suspicious after they found a milk pouch and newspaper lying outside the flat because the mother and son were early risers.</p>.<p>When they broke into the flat, they found the bodies and informed the police, the official said.</p>.<p>“The man had talked to his maternal uncle around 8 pm last night (Tuesday), so the incident might have happened at night,” Verma said.</p>.<p>He said the woman’s body was found with her throat slit with a kitchen knife.</p>.<p>Prima facie, it appears to be a case of murder-suicide, he said, adding that teams of Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) were working to find out whether Maitrey killed his mother. </p>
<p>Ahmedabad: A 47-year-old man and his 75-year-old mother were found dead in their house in Ahmedabad, with police suspecting that the son stabbed her to death before taking his own life, an official said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The suspected murder-suicide took place at Mahalakshmi Flats in the Paldi locality of the city, they said.</p>.<p>Maitrey Bhagat was found hanging from a ceiling fan in one room, while his mother Dattaben's body was lying in a pool of blood in another room, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Shivam Verma said.</p>.<p>Neighbours grew suspicious after they found a milk pouch and newspaper lying outside the flat because the mother and son were early risers.</p>.<p>When they broke into the flat, they found the bodies and informed the police, the official said.</p>.<p>“The man had talked to his maternal uncle around 8 pm last night (Tuesday), so the incident might have happened at night,” Verma said.</p>.<p>He said the woman’s body was found with her throat slit with a kitchen knife.</p>.<p>Prima facie, it appears to be a case of murder-suicide, he said, adding that teams of Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) were working to find out whether Maitrey killed his mother. </p>