A 76-year-old woman, Savita Surve, died after allegedly consuming sleeping pills in a bid to end her life along with her husband, 77, at Borivli East on Wednesday night. The condition of the man, Dattaram Surve, is critical and he has been admitted to a private hospital at Kandivli East. The couple resides at Ratnakar co-operative housing society. The Kasturba Marg police have recovered a suicide note written by Dattaram from the house.

According to police sources, Savita, who was visually impaired and bedridden, had been suffering from diabetes for the past 15-20 years. Dattaram has been suffering from heart disease for the past 25 years and had undergone bypass surgery and has a pacemaker. Because of this, his hand would ache. In 2020, he underwent a hernia operation.