Mumbai Police said the woman jumped off the seventh floor of a building
A 50-year-old woman jumped to death from the seventh floor of a building after a fight with her 31-year-old daughter over family jewellery, the Mumbai Police said.
The daughter also tried to kill herself by drinking phenyl. She was taken to a hospital, the police said.
The mother and her daughter had been fighting over family jewellery, following which the daughter drank the chemical. Her father took her to a hospital.
When he returned, he saw his wife's body lying on the ground.
A police officer said the woman jumped from the building when her husband and daughter had gone to the hospital.
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