Two women, fed up of their alcoholic and abusive husband, smothered him with a pillow while he was asleep on Thursday, said the cops. The matter was reported to the police by the elder brother of the deceased after the women called him up and confessed.

The incident occurred at Bhagat Singh Nagar in Goregaon West and the deceased was identified as Raju Waghmare, 32. The two wives — Savita, 31, and Sarita, 26 — have been booked under Sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention) of IPC, said an officer from Bangur Nagar police station.