VJ Chitra’s death, husband Hemanth arrested for alleged abetment to suicide

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South fame VJ Chitra was found dead at a hotel room in Chennai on December 9

She was staying there with husband Hemanth

The couple had recently got married a few months back

Six days after VJ Chitra’s death, her husband Hemanth has been arrested in Chennai. Reportedly, Chitra’s mother accused Hemanth of “beating” her daughter to death.

Initially, Police sources had said that based on the post-mortem report, Chitra died by suicide and financial issues seem to be one of the reasons. However, in the latest development, Hemanth has been taken into custody with charges of alleged abetment to suicide, levelled against him.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Sudarshan told NDTV, “Hemanth did not like a scene she had enacted on TV. On the day she died, he had also pushed her.” According to reports, Hemanth had been angry with Chitra for her intimate scenes in a television serial since the last few days.

Chitra’s friends and colleagues, co-stars of her show Pandian Stores too have recorded their statements in the case.

Chithra and Hemanth were staying at a hotel in Nazarethpettai, Chennai. Hemanth told the police that Chitra locked herself in the room right after returning from shoot that night around 2:30 AM. When she didn’t respond for long, he apparently informed the hotel authorities who opened the room using a duplicate key to only find her dead.