Suicide by undertrial as Tihar sees two deaths in two days
6 Sept 2014 4:15 AM IST
Two deaths were reported in the last 72 hours in Delhi’s Tihar jail, where one inmate allegedly committed suicide while another died in an accident, jail officials said.
The alleged suicide took place on Tuesday when an undertrial, identified as Amolkar (40) was found hanging from the grill of a vent in the toilet. The incident took place in the Drug Addicts’ ward in jail number three.
‘Amolkar was one of the inmates with suicidal tendency and was under special watch of the jail authorities. He was found hanging in the wards’s toilet by the other inmates and the authorities were then informed,’ a senior jail official said.
‘He had recently come to Tihar facing trial under IPC sections 302, 309 for his wife’s murder. From 7 to 12 August, Amolkar was admitted to AIIMS after he had consumed Organic-phosphorus in an attempt to commit suicide following which he was sent to Tihar,’ the official said. ‘He had maintained a clean record in jail. On 2 September, he tore the bed sheet available in the ward and used it to hang himself in the toilet of the ward. An enquiry will soon be initiated to look into the details of the matter,’ he added.
In another incident, an epileptic inmate who was lodged in jail number four, died on Wednesday after he allegedly slipped in the toilet.
The alleged suicide took place on Tuesday when an undertrial, identified as Amolkar (40) was found hanging from the grill of a vent in the toilet. The incident took place in the Drug Addicts’ ward in jail number three.
‘Amolkar was one of the inmates with suicidal tendency and was under special watch of the jail authorities. He was found hanging in the wards’s toilet by the other inmates and the authorities were then informed,’ a senior jail official said.
‘He had recently come to Tihar facing trial under IPC sections 302, 309 for his wife’s murder. From 7 to 12 August, Amolkar was admitted to AIIMS after he had consumed Organic-phosphorus in an attempt to commit suicide following which he was sent to Tihar,’ the official said. ‘He had maintained a clean record in jail. On 2 September, he tore the bed sheet available in the ward and used it to hang himself in the toilet of the ward. An enquiry will soon be initiated to look into the details of the matter,’ he added.
In another incident, an epileptic inmate who was lodged in jail number four, died on Wednesday after he allegedly slipped in the toilet.
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