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Pune, Sep 22 (PTI) A 40-year-old man, who spent five years in jail after being charged with culpable homicide of his wife, is now a happy man as he has been able to start a new life by setting up a salon in Sangli district with the help of the Maharashtra prison department and social organisations.
A programme to announce the formal opening of Santosh Atkar"s salon was held on Tuesday at the state prison department"s office in Pune, where Additional Director General (prisons) Atulchandra Kulkarni was present.
In 2013, Atkar and his wife had a quarrel at their home in Pandharpur town of Solapur district, following which the woman accidentally fell from stairs.
She received injuries and was admitted to a hospital where she died after some days.
The man was charged with culpable homicide and awarded six years of imprisonment by a court in 2016.
Atkar told PTI that while serving his sentence at the Yerawada prison in Pune, he used to work as a barber in the jail.