Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Mar 1: In connection with suicide committed by an emerging playback singer, Sushmita (26), who has sung in a few Kannada movies, reportedly on account of dowry harassment, the police personnel of Annapoorneshwari Nagar here have arrested three persons including her husband. The arrests were made 12 days after Sushmita ended her life.
Sushmita's husband, Sharath Kumar, his aunt, Vydehi, and sister, Geetha, stand arrested. After Sushmita;s suicide, these three were in hiding at Pandavapura in Mandiya district. They were arrested on the basis of reliable information received by the police. The trio had switched off their phones immediately after they came to know that Sushmita was no more.
Sushmita H S, also known as Sushmita Raje, fed up by her husband's pestering, had visited her parental home at Nagarbhavi here on February 17 and ended her life there by hanging. Before that she had sent Whatsapp message to her mother and brother against the accused. The police have relied heavily on this message.
The police say that even tough Sushmita gave whatever she earned to her husband, he was not satisfied. He sought more money, telling his wife that he wanted to repay the housing loan he had raised to acquire his apartment valued at Rs 50 lac.