A 26-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his house in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/maharashtra-five-swords-other-weapons-seized-in-palghar-2-persons-arrested-23302468" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Maharashtra</a>`s Nagpur city, after his wife sought to divorce him, police said on Tuesday, according to the PTI.
The incident occurred at Ramteke Nagar under Ajni police station area on Monday afternoon, an official said.
Mohit Sukhchand Choudhary, a native of Balaghat district of neighbouring <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/madhya-pradesh-five-arrested-as-two-minor-girls-gang-raped-in-rewa-23302450" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Madhya Pradesh</a>, hanged himself from the ceiling at his rented accommodation, he said.
The victim, who worked as a painter, got married last month. But the couple fought and argued frequently, and his wife returned to her parents` house, the official said.
Choudhary`s wife eventually sought a divorce from him, he said.
The police recovered a suicide note from the spot, in which Choudhary cited his wife`s intention to divorce him as the reason for the extreme step, the official said, adding that a case of accidental death has been registered.
Meanwhile, last week, a 22-year-old woman was found hanging at her house in Nagpur city of Maharashtra, police said on Sunday, according to the PTI.
The police suspect the woman, a divorcee, allegedly killed herself after her brother spotted her roaming with her boyfriend and scolded her, according to the PTI.
The woman was spotted with a man near Shatabdi Square area on Friday by her brother who confronted the duo, but the man fled, a police official said.
"On the same day, the woman was found hanging from the ceiling fan in her home with a scarf. Her brother and mother said they were away at work when the incident occurred," the official said, as per the PTI.
They spotted her hanging after returning from work and rushed her to a hospital where doctors declared her dead, he added.
Police have registered a case of accidental death and investigating the case from various angles.
In an another incident, a 38-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly killing her husband by beating him up and strangling him while he was in an inebriated state at a village in Maharashtra`s Thane district, police said on Sunday, reported the PTI.
(with PTI inputs)
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The incident occurred at Ramteke Nagar under Ajni police station area in Nagpur, Maharashtra on Monday afternoon, an official said

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