Woman and paramour held for husband suicide in Puri

SADAR police on Saturday arrested suicide victim Santanu Patra’s wife Anita Pradhan and her paramour Amaresh Swain. Santanu, working as HR manager in a Bengaluru-based hotel, had committed

PURI: SADAR police on Saturday arrested suicide victim Santanu Patra’s wife Anita Pradhan and her paramour Amaresh Swain. Santanu, working as HR manager in a Bengaluru-based hotel, had committed suicide on November 8 after recording a 15-minute video which went viral. Santanu, belonging to Gada Bhingura village in Puri, had accused his wife of having an extra-marital affair.

Police arrested Anita and Amaresh for instigating Santanu’s suicide under Sections 294, 323, 306 and 34 IPC. They were forwarded to the court of SDJM, Puri. The Magistrate, refusing their bail pleas, sent them to  jail custody for 14 days According to police, Santanu married Anita of Satyabadi in March this year. Santanu discovered that his wife was having an illicit affair with Amaresh of Jagatsinghpur. He warned his wife to stay away from Amaresh.

When she did not pay any heed to Santanu’s warning, there was a tiff  between the couple. The matter was taken to Sadar Thana police by the two families. A compromise was then reached in the presence of members of both the families.Even after this, Anita did not mend her ways and mentally tortured Santanu, sources said. In the video, Santanu alleged that his life was completely shattered while his image in society was tarnished due to his wife’s illicit affair. Santanu posted his ordeal in the Facebook and committed suicide on November 8.

Police said both Anita and Amaresh’s mobile records confirmed that they were in contact with each other and were involved in an affair as alleged by Santanu. Earlier, Anita had refuted the allegations and claimed that she had not done anything wrong.

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