Mother and son found dead in 'mysterious circumstances'

 A 29-year-old woman and her 10 year-old son were found dead in ''mysterious circumstances'' at their residence in Byappanahalli today, police said.

"Though there are strangulation marks on the neck of the child and mother,no rope or cloth or anything else with which they would have been strangled with was found", police said.
The woman, working as a maid, was having a live-in relationship with a man, police said.

Meanwhile, a 38-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging at her residence in Vayali Kaval in the early hours today.The deceased was married to a car-driver and they had three grown up children, police said.She took the extreme step while the family was asleep.