<p>Mumbai: A 40-year-old man was arrested for allegedly strangling his wife and son to death with a nylon rope and hanging their bodies from the ceiling of his house to pass off the incident as suicide, Mumbai Police said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The accused, Shivshankar Dutta, committed the crime saying he killed her because he suspected his 36-year-old wife's infidelity. He allegedly killed his son as he had witnessed the murder, a police official said.</p>.Court awards man life term for killing wife after she objected to his drinking habits.<p>The incident came to light on Monday afternoon after Shivkumar informed police that his wife Pushpa Dutta and her son had hanged themselves in his tenement at a chawl in Kandivali area of Mumbai.</p>.<p>Police launched the investigation after registering a case of accidental death, the official said.</p>.<p>"Police found discrepancies in the sequence of events narrated by Shivshankar. During interrogation, he admitted to killing his wife on suspicion of an extramarital affair. He killed his son in a similar manner because he had witnessed the murder," the official said.</p>.<p>Shivshankar hanged their bodies to the steel rod of the ceiling to pass it off as suicide.</p>.<p>Police arrested Shivshankar on charges of murder following his admission to the crime and investigating further, the official added. </p>
<p>Mumbai: A 40-year-old man was arrested for allegedly strangling his wife and son to death with a nylon rope and hanging their bodies from the ceiling of his house to pass off the incident as suicide, Mumbai Police said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The accused, Shivshankar Dutta, committed the crime saying he killed her because he suspected his 36-year-old wife's infidelity. He allegedly killed his son as he had witnessed the murder, a police official said.</p>.Court awards man life term for killing wife after she objected to his drinking habits.<p>The incident came to light on Monday afternoon after Shivkumar informed police that his wife Pushpa Dutta and her son had hanged themselves in his tenement at a chawl in Kandivali area of Mumbai.</p>.<p>Police launched the investigation after registering a case of accidental death, the official said.</p>.<p>"Police found discrepancies in the sequence of events narrated by Shivshankar. During interrogation, he admitted to killing his wife on suspicion of an extramarital affair. He killed his son in a similar manner because he had witnessed the murder," the official said.</p>.<p>Shivshankar hanged their bodies to the steel rod of the ceiling to pass it off as suicide.</p>.<p>Police arrested Shivshankar on charges of murder following his admission to the crime and investigating further, the official added. </p>