Mangalore: Sumitha suicide case - Husband surrenders
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (MD)
Mangalore, Dec 19: Sunil Kumar, accused in the Sumitha dowry harassment and suicide case surrendered before the police on Wednesday December 18 evening.
Sunil, husband of Sumitha, appeared before the Kankanady rural police, who arrested him.
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He was then produced before the magistrate and remanded in custody for 15 days.
Sumitha had got married to Sunil Kumar on May 26 this year. Ever since their marriage, Sunil and his family allegedly tortured her for dowry. Sunil had even mortgaged all her gold jewellery and demanded her to bring more.
Unable to bear the constant harassment, Sumitha consumed around 100 tablets on December 9 night at her parental house, and died a week later in a private hospital. Her body was handed over to her parents on Wednesday after post-mortem.
Cases were filed in Kankanady rural and Bantwal police station against Sunil, his parents Leela and Sudhakar and sister Divya.
The other accused are yet to be arrested. Sunil and his family members had reportedly gone absconding soon after Sumitha's death.