Kanpur: A newly married man killed his mother before hanging himself to death allegedly due to a family dispute, police said on Thursday.
They said that 28-year-old Vivek Verma alias Nikhil running coaching classes was found hanging with a ceiling hook on Wednesday.
While 60- year old Rajkumari Verma was lying dead on the floor of their house at R K Nagar under the Nazirabad police station area.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Pramod Kumar told PTI the exact reason behind the suspected murder-suicide case was yet to be ascertained.
Prima facie, it appeared Vivek first strangulated his mother to death dead before hanging himself, he said.
Forensic experts were called to the site to collect scientific evidence.
Locals have reportedly said there was a property dispute between Nikhil’s mother and his wife Priyanka.
