Suspecting wife’s fidelity, Odisha man posts video on FB before committing suicide

Puri: A person of Gadabhingura village under Sadar police limits in Odisha’s Puri district apparently committed suicide today over his wife’s alleged extramarital affair and posted a video on Facebook in this regard before taking the extreme step.

According to the video posted by Santanu Patra, the deceased, and his various Facebook posts, his wife, who is working as a nurse at a private nursing home in Cuttack, had a love affair with a youth of Jagatsinghpur namely Amaresh Swain before their marriage and was pregnant.

He also alleged that she committed abortion before the marriage and her family members didn’t reveal the incident to him before it.

“Amaresh had sent me photos of his and my wife’s intimate moments. When I confronted her, she straightly denied her involvement in it,” he said in the video.

Santanu further alleged in the video that his wife had “sexual relationship” with Amaresh after their marriage as well.

He went on to say that her family members were torturing and threatening him and unable to bear it, he decided to end his life.

Police have started investigation into the incident. “As per the complaint of the deceased’s mother, an unnatural death case has been registered into the incident. Probe is on and the cause of death can be known after getting post-mortem report,” a police official said.