Chennai: Days after marriage a man ended his life after a fight with his new bride. According to the police, the victim was identified as Santhosh Kumar (25), a resident of Baroda Street, West Mambalam.
He worked as a daily wager. He was in a relationship with a woman, Meena (24), also of West Mambalam. However, the duo belong to different castes and Kumar’s family refused to agree for their wedding.
Meena compelled for the marriage and the duo wed at a temple in the city with the help of Meena’s family. Kumar’s parents had told him prior to the marriage that they would not give him a share in the property if he gets married.
It resulted in a wordy duel between Meena and Santosh. Following this, on 4 May at 7.30 pm, a heart broken Kumar hung himself at his house. Ashok Nagar police sent the body to Omandurar hospital for postmortem.