The Puri Sadar police on Monday arrested Santanu Patra’s wife and her alleged lover Amaresh Swain in connection with Santanu’s suicide at Gudibhingura village in the district.
A case has been registered in connection with the murder under Sections 294, 323, 306 and 34 of IPC on the basis of a complaint lodged by Santanu’s family, reports said.
According to a video posted by Santanu on Facebook before committing suicide, his wife, who is working as a nurse at a private nursing home in Cuttack, had a love affair with a youth of Jagatsinghpur district, Amaresh Swain, before their marriage and was pregnant.
He also alleged that his wife committed abortion before the marriage and her family members didn’t reveal it to him before it.
“Amaresh had sent me photos of his and my wife’s intimate moments. When I confronted her, she denied it outright,” he said in the video.
Santanu further alleged in the video that his wife had sexual relationship with Amaresh after their marriage as well. He went on to say that the girl’s family members were torturing and threatening him which hee was unable to bear and, therefore, decided to end his life.
However, the girl defended herself saying she was not involved in such an affair.
“Prior to tying the knot with my husband Santanu Patra, my marriage was fixed by my family with Amaresh of Jagatsinghpur, with whom he was suspecting me of having an extramarital affair. There was no such relation of mine with Amaresh after marriage,” she said in a video.