Mumbai: A 29-year-old youth shot his mother dead and later killed himself in Satara in Maharashtra on Friday. Reports said that Kunal Wadkar shot his mother with his gun and later shot himself.
His mother was around 50-years-old and was suffering from paralysis. Kunal was a contractor by profession. He reportedly fired one round at his mother and three on himself.
A suicide note was recovered from his house. It stated that he took the extreme step because of his mother's illness.
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