Venganoor suicide: Victim’s husband held

Thiruvananthapuram: The district crime branch on Monday arrested Suresh Kumar on charges of abetting the suicide of his wife Archana. Public ire was mounting against police for earlier letting Kumar off a day after Archana set herself ablaze and died in their rented house at Venganoor.
The case was handed over to the district crime branch following a complaint filed by the relatives of Archana who alleged that she died under mysterious circumstances. Kumar was produced in the court and remanded in judicial custody. DCP (admin and crime) P A Mohammad Arif, district crime branch assistant commissioner Johnson Charles, sub-inspectors Anil Kumar and Suresh Kumar, ASI Sreekumar, senior civil police officer Sumesh, civil police officers Rinu and Shamla were part of the investigation team. tnn