Indore, Aug 21 (PTI) A 35-year-old prisoner, serving life sentence for raping a girl, allegedly tried to die by suicide by pushing a nail into his throat at the Indore Central Jail on Wednesday, an official said.

“Convicted prisoner Deepak (35) tried to commit suicide by piercing a nail in his throat. We admitted him in an injured state to the Government Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital,” said Alka Sonkar, jail superintendent.

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Sonkar said a court has sentenced him to life imprisonment for raping a girl.

She said Deepak was lodged in the district jail before being shifted to their prison.

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While serving his sentence in the district jail, Deepak had allegedly tried to take his life a few months ago by pushing a pointed end of an iron bucket handle into his throat, she said.

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