The wife of a local Shiv Sena MLA was found hanging at her residence in suburban Kurla on Sunday night, with the police suspecting it to be a case of suicide.

The body of Rajani Kudalkar, wife of Sena legislator Mangesh Kudalkar, was found hanging around 8.30 pm at her flat in Dignity Cooperative Housing Society at Nehru Nagar locality of Kurla East, a police official said. "As per the preliminary information, she committed suicide.