Chennai: Tamil TV actress Chitra’s husband Hemnath was arrested by police in Chennai. He was arrested on the allegations made by Chitra’s mother, Hemnath beaten her daughter to death.

According to the police sources, had said that based on the post-mortem report, the actor had died by suicide and financial issues have emerged as a possible reason. The actress husband, Hemnath, faces charges for alleged abetment to suicide. Chitra, 29, was found dead at a hotel outside Chennai on December 10.

ACP Sudarashan told to the media persons that, the couple got married a few months ago. Investigators say Hemnath had been angry with Chitra for her intimate scenes in a television serial.

“Hemnath did not like a scene she had enacted on TV. On the day she died, he had also pushed her”. Hemnath was arrested after he was questioned for several days. Chitra’s friends and colleagues on the sets were also questioned by the police.