Hyderabad: Eighteen years after the court convicted an accused involved in abetment to suicide of his wife, Osmania University police arrested the 51-year-old accused.
The police said the accused, MD Faizuddin, 51, married Fathima Parveen in 1993 and used to stay under Osmanai University police station limits. Due to harassment by the accused, the victim committed suicide by dousing herself with kerosene and setting herself ablaze in 1994.
Based on the complaint from the victim's family, the OU city police booked a case against the accused and his family members under section 498 (a) IPC and 304(b) IPC. After two years of court trials, the local court sentenced him to three years of imprisonment in 1996 and acquitted his family members.
The accused appealed in the high court and the court decreased the sentence from three to two years in 2001. Since then the accused has been absconding from the police, fearing arrest. On Thursday, Osmania University police arrested him while he was roaming suspiciously in the area and produced him in court. The court ordered the police to send him to Chanchalguda jail.
