A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly abetting his wife’s suicide. The arrest was made by the Saki Naka police on Friday. The accused, who has been identified as, Sokalram Purohit, married his wife in 2013.

The deceased, 26-year-old Manidevi, is believed to have committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of the couple's home Maratha Sahakar Nivas in Saki Naka's Mohili village on Friday. While she was rushed to the nearby Shatabdi hospital by Sokalram, she was declared dead on admission.