A 35-year-old man accidentally hanged himself, according to the police, while trying to scare his wife at his residence on Monday night. The Virar police have registered an accidental death report (ADR) and are investigating the incident. The deceased, Bhagwan Ramji Sharma, resided at the Laxmi Niwas building on Veer Savarkar Marg at Virar West, with his wife Chandnidevi, 26.

In fact, the couple had shifted the building only six days prior to his demise. Sharma working at a Bhayandar-based cloth-manufacturing unit. According to the police, Bhagwan had given Rs 2,000 to his wife to buy clothes. At the time, the latter promised to return Rs 500 but didn`t do so. Due to this, the couple had a fight.