India News | Inmate Commits Suicide in Budaun District Jail
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Budaun, Jun 5 (PTI) A 27-year-old convict ended his life by allegedly hanging himself in district jail toilet here on Sunday, officials said.
Bholu Sharma, a resident of Atrauli police station area in Aligarh, was brought to Budaun district jail after a court on September 8, 2020, sentenced him to four years of imprisonment in Gangster Act, they said.
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The jail inmate was in depression as for a long time his family members did not come to meet him, Jailor Aditya Kumar said.
"On Sunday afternoon, he made a noose in the handle of the toilet's door, and hanged himself. When he did not come out of the toilet for a long time, the jail staff peeped through the window, and saw his body hanging. He was taken to the district hospital, where he was declared dead," Kumar said.
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The body of the deceased has been sent for post-mortem examination, he said.
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