Police on Tuesday arrested and forwarded to court Lipan Sahu, husband of TV serial artist Laxmipriya Behera alias Nikita, who died last week falling from the rooftop of her parents’ house at Mahanadi Vihar here under the Chauliaganj police station.
“The couple entered into a scuffle following a quarrel, for which Nikita fell down from the terrace and died,” said City DCP Akhileswar Singh, adding that police were yet to establish whether the husband pushed to death his wife from the terrace.
Basing on circumstantial evidences and the statements given by the family members and neighbours, police found Lipan guilty in the death of the TV serial actress.
Lipan was remanded in judicial custody in the evening after he was denied bail by a lower court.
Police further said Lipan’s parents are also booked under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act of 2005 as Nikita had earlier twice complained of torture and violence she faced while staying in her in-laws’ house at Gopalpur here.