Indore man kills wife following dispute, dies by taking own life ; another man also found dead

PTI, May 25, 2026, Indore : A 34-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and died by suicide following a dispute in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh, triggering a chain of events where another man also ended his life, police said on Monday.

The man strangled his 28-year-old wife at their house in Indore city's Hira Nagar area on Sunday, allegedly following a dispute over her extramarital affair, and then committed suicide by consuming poison, an official said.

He said that in a suicide note recovered from the scene, the husband alleged that a man living in Pithampur had seduced his wife, established physical relations with her and had threatened to circulate private photos of her on social media.

The note further claimed that despite repeated pleas and persuasion to stay away, the woman's paramour refused to back down.

The deceased woman's alleged lover panicked upon receiving news of the couple's deaths on Sunday and rushed to his native village in the neighbouring Khandwa district, Hira Nagar police station in-charge Sushil Patel told PTI.

After reaching his village, the man consumed a poisonous substance and was rushed to the Khandwa district hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival, he said.

A probe is under way into the deaths, the official added.