Actor Saikumar told to pay alimony

KOLLAM: Kollam Chief Judicial Magistrate S Santosh Kumar ordered actor Saikumar to pay an amount of R 43,000 per month to his wife Prasanna Kumari. The amount includes alimony of Rs 15,000, Rs10,000 for his daughter plus an amount of Rs 18,000 to repay a bank loan. Santosh Kumar was delivering the verdict on a domestic violence case charged against Saikumar. Though his wife had initially approached the court for alimony of Rs 5,000, after contracting cancer she made a plea to include her medical expenses too.