The police said that Sunita had a tiff with her mother-in-law on Wednesday morning. “One of the two gas cylinders in their house was empty and Sunita’s mother-in-law had been asking her to get that replaced. Both had a fight over the issue,” said PSI Rajendra Bhosle from the Santa Cruz police station, where the case was reported initially.

The matter aggravated later when Sunita’s husband Shivshankar, an estate agent, returned home after work. “After knowing about the quarrel, Shivshankar, too, allegedly had a fight with Sunita and asked her to stop fighting with his parents,” Bhosle said.

Next day at around 7.30 am, Sunita, along with her children, jumped from the window of their fourth floor residence in Sita Smruti building in Lodha Complex at Mira Road. “Her family members rushed down and found Tisha dead while others were injured. Nisha was then admitted to Orbit Hospital in Kashi Mira, while Sunita and Abhishek were rushed to Nanavati Hospital,” Bhosle said.