Cops in Mumbai to arrest player for wife’s suicide

A Delhi police team will be visiting Mumbai to arrest national-level kabaddi player Rohit Kumar, whose wife Lalita had allegedly committed suicide on October 17 due to harassment by her in-laws and husband in West Delhi’s Nangloi area.

“Rohit is posted in the Naval services in Mumbai. Two teams have been performed to arrest Rohit and his parents. One team is heading to Mumbai to arrest Rohit while the other team is conducting raids at places where his parents are likely to be found,” said a senior police officer.

During investigation, it was found that Rohit’s father Vijay Singh was posted in the Delhi police as a sub-inspector and was dismissed from his service, the police said.

Lalita had left behind a two-hour long audio message and a 25-minute long video in which she claimed that her in-laws “harassed” her for minor issues.

“In the video and audio messages she left behind on her phone, she said that her in-laws were quite conservative and would often taunt her for her “modern” outlook and things like pallu falling from her head and other minor things. She also said that while Rohit was away in Mumbai, they kept her in Delhi,” said the officer.

In her suicide note and messages, 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. She said that the act of Rohit was traumatic for her, the police said.

The police is likely to arrest Rohit and his family soon, the officer said.