Filmmaker husband arrested in Jharkhand's actress Riya Kumari's murder case

Jharkhand's actress Riya Kumari's husband has been arrested in the Howrah district of West Bengal

on Wednesday in connection with the murder of actress Riya Kumari in an alleged robbery attempt.

Howrah (Rural) Superintendent of Police Swati Bhangalia said that Riya Kumari's family made the arrest after they lodged a complaint against her husband Prakash Kumar and his brothers.

The husband told the police that while they were traveling with their three-year-old daughter from Ranchi to Kolkata, three men tried to rob her husband's belongings and shot Kumari dead when she resisted.

The incident took place on National Highway 16 in Howrah district in the early hours of Wednesday.

The police seized their car and questioned the husband, suspecting his role in the murder.

Prakash Kumar is also facing other cases of assault and harassment, he will be produced in the court today.

Riya Kumari is known as Isha Alia in the glamor world and has worked in regional language albums.

During interrogation, husband Prakash Kumar claimed that the robbers fled after firing at his wife.

After this he went some distance and sought help from the local people.

The victim has been declared dead in a hospital in Uluberia.

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