A teacher of a Government UP School was arrested and forwarded to court by the lahunipada police of Sundargarh district on Friday on the charge of torturing his wife.
Sources said Ramsay Bhumij (37), a resident of the Karda Kudar area under the lahunipada police station, is a teacher in the local Upper Primary School. He married Champa (33) 17 years back and the couple has four children. Champa works as an Anganwadi Worker at Karda Kudar.
In the FIR lodged at the police station on Thursday evening, Champa alleged that her husband has been torturing her for last 17 years. After an inquiry, the police arrested Ramsay under Section 498(A) / 34 of IPC and forwarded him to court on Friday. said lahunipada PS IIC RK Sahoo.