India, Nov. 25 -- The 31-year-old personal assistant of state environment minister Pankaja Munde, accused of abetting the suicide of his 28-year-old dentist wife, surrendered to the Worli police early on Monday morning. He was remanded to police custody up to November 27 after being produced before a metropolitan magistrate court.

On Monday, forensic teams visited the Worli building where the couple stayed to verify the claims made by the accused-that he was out when his wife hanged herself, and that he had to climb from the refuge area on the 29th floor to their 30th-floor residence when she did not answer the doorbell.

The police told the court that the accused had an extra-marital affair, which was the apparent reason for his wife's ...