Tejasmita Nayak (25), wife of Sudhanshu Sekhar Nayak of Kusunpur under Marshaghai police station, on Friday late night committed suicide by hanging herself.
According to Marshaghai police station IIC Sukant Kumar Patra, Tejasmita, daughter of Susil Mohanty of Ratanpur under Patkura police station, tied knot with Sudhanshu a month back. Most of the time, Tejasmita faced dowry torture from her husband. On Friday, she was assaulted by her husband after a quarrel erupted. Failed to bear the torture, Tejasmita committed suicide.
The father of the deceased on Saturday lodged a FIR at Marshaghai police station. Police registered a dowry torture case and seized the body. Sudhanshu was later arrested.