TV actor arrested in dowry death case

Raidurgam: The Raidurgam police on Wednesday took TV actor Madhu Prakash into their custody following dowry harassment allegations against him by his in-laws after his wife Bharathi (34) committed suicide by hanging herself on Tuesday night at her residence.

According to police, Bharathi was married to Madhu Prakash in 2015 and they had been living at Panchavati Colony in Manikonda area. She worked in a private company in the city. There was a rift between them for many days.

On Tuesday morning when Madhu Prakash went to shooting, telling her that he was going to the gym. She later made a video call to her husband and threatened to hang herself. When he returned home from the shooting around 7.30 pm the door was locked from inside.

When he knocked on the door, there was no response from his wife. He opened the door with another key and found his wife hanging from the ceiling. On receipt of information, the Raidurgam police rushed to the spot and shifted the body to Osmania General Hospital for postmortem. Later, Bharati's parents lodged a complaint against him alleging dowry harassment. Police registered a case under Section 304 B IPC and took up investigation.