A 58-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide due to some health problems at her home in the eastern suburb of Mulund here, police said on Wednesday.

The victim Trupti Rajesh Shah was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her apartment at a housing society in Mulund (west) late on Tuesday night, an official said. Shah, who lived with her husband and two children, took the extreme step when her family was asleep, the official said.