India, April 8 -- The Kerala police on Tuesday arrested a man and booked him on charges of culpable homicide just days after his wife died during childbirth at their rented home in Malappuram district.

The man, identified as Sirajuddin, is a Muslim religious preacher who also runs a YouTube channel.

His wife Asma (35), a native of Vengola in Ernakulam district, died on the night of April 5 at their Kodur house shortly after giving birth to their fifth child. Her mortal remains, after postmortem at the Ernakulam Govt Medical College and Hospital, confirmed that she succumbed to excessive bleeding and lack of adequate medical care.

Sirajuddin, the police said, took Asma's body and drove to her home in Vengola the next day along with the ...