On Sunday, a man who served a month in jail on charges of killing his wife in 2013, finally managed to track down the woman & her lover with the help of Police.
On Feb 7, 2013, Abhaya Sutar of Kendrapada’s Chaulia village married Itishree Moharana of Samagola village. Itishree Moharana went missing from her in-laws’ house after 2 months of marriage. Abhaya, who was 27, failed to find her & filed a complaint with Patkura Police on April 20, 2013.
Itishree’s father Prahallad Moharana lodged a counter-complaint on May 14, 2013, claiming that his daughter had been tortured by her husband for dowry & that Abhaya has dumped her body after killing her. This led to Abhaya’s arrest.
On being released on bail a month later, Abhaya, who suspected her wife of eloping with someone, began his long search for her. Abhaya, at last, tracked her to Pipili, where she was living with her lover.
On being contacted by Abhaya & other sources, Police went to Pipili & detained Itishree & her paramour, Rajiv Lochan Moharana.
Sujit Pradhan, IIC of Patkura Police Station said that “Both were produced in the court of the sub-divisional judicial magistrate in Kendrapada on Monday. In her statement, Itishree said she had been in an affair with Rajiv before marriage but her parents forced her to wed Abhaya".
After 2 months of marriage, she had fled with Rajiv to Gujarat where they lived for 7 years, Pradhan added. The couple, who have a son & a daughter, returned to Odisha recently. Rajiv works as an auto-rickshaw driver in Bhubaneswar.
Abhaya said that “When police could not locate my wife, I started looking for her. I visited several places where I thought she could have gone. On getting information that she was staying with her lover in Pipili, I called police. I am happy that I have been able to prove my innocence after seven years".
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