National-level kabaddi player Rohit Chillar, arrested in connection with the alleged suicide of his wife Lalita, was on Sunday remanded to two days in police custody by a Delhi court.
Lalita had accused her husband and her in-laws of harassment.
Mr. Chillar was produced before a Duty Magistrate, who allowed the police to question him till October 25. The accused, who is in the Navy, was arrested by a Delhi Police team in Mumbai on October 21. He was brought to Delhi on Saturday night.
On October 21, Mr. Chillar’s father Vijay Singh was produced before a Link Magistrate, who remanded him to judicial custody till November 4 after the police did not seek custody.
Mr. Singh was arrested after he surrendered at Nangloi Police Station in west Delhi.
A sub-inspector with the Delhi Police, he was dismissed from service, police said. Lalita allegedly committed suicide on October 17 at her parents’ house in Nangloi.
In her suicide note, as well as audio and video clips left behind, she alleged that her in-laws “harassed” her over minor issues and her husband asked her to “go away from his life”.
A case was registered against Mr. Chillar and his father. Two Delhi Police teams were formed to arrest the father-son duo, who had also gone into hiding after Lalita’s alleged suicide. — PTI
