National Kabaddi player arrested over Wife's suicide
posted on Oct 21, 2016 @ 5:10PM
National-level kabaddi player Rohit Kumar was arrested by the police on Friday days after his wife Lalita Dabas committed suicide by hanging herself. Rohit, who is in the navy, was detained by a team of Delhi Police in Mumbai at noon, said Dependra Pathak, Joint Commissioner of Police (South West) in Delhi Rohit's father, Vijay Singh, also surrendered around noon at the Nangloi police station in the national capital and was questioned, said a senior police officer. Lalita recorded the two-hour long audio message for her husband and a shorter one for her family. She alleges in them that she was tortured for dowry, taunted and beaten by Mr Chillar and his family, the police said. Lalita married Rohit, who represents the team "Bengaluru Bulls", in March. This was her second marriage. The kabbadi player joined the Navy in 2009 and was posted in Bengaluru. She alleged that on October 15, Rohit told her that if she goes away from his life, he would be very happy. He dropped her halfway to her home and left, she alleged.