A 42-year-old man killed his 11-year-old daughter and hanged himself on Tuesday at Ganesh Gully in Lalbaug. The man has been identified as Bhupesh Pawar while the daughter’s name is Aarya. The wife of the deceased man had been calling him on the phone and when her calls went unanswered she rushed home to find both hanging. In the suicide note, the deceased wrote he was taking the step because of his wife.

The incident occurred at room number 16 at Vimawala Mahal. Bhupesh Pawar, 42, a stockbroker, lived with his wife Bhagyashree, 38, and Aarya. At 10 am on Tuesday, Bhagyashree, a DTP operator with a private firm near her home, went to work as usual and around 11am she tried calling her husband but he didn’t answer.