Prisoner commits suicide in Tihar Jail, second incident in five days

Delhi : A 29-year-old under-trial inmate died by suicide in Delhi’s Tihar jail on Friday morning – the second such incident in five days. According to officials, the inmate – identified as Raja alias Mahawar – was found hanging in the common bathroom of Ward-6 of Central Jail number 4. He was declared dead by the on-duty doctor of the jail at 11:53 am.
Mahawar was facing trial under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Arms Act.

Officials said that the concerned authorities have been informed for taking further necessary action.

In a similar incident on May 23, a 26-year-old inmate of the Tihar central jail allegedly died by suicide within hours after he was convicted by a Delhi court in a robbery case. The inmate – identified as Jawed – was produced before the court on Monday, and was later found hanging in a jail bathroom.

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According to the director general (prisons) Sanjay Baniwal, Jawed hanged himself from a tap in the bathroom with the help of a cloth at around 5 pm. “The staff later took him to the jail hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead,” he said.