Thane, April 5: A 52-year-old woman undertrial prisoner lodged at the Aadharwadi jail here in Maharashtra on Monday committed suicide by hanging herself with a saree in a toilet, police said. Uttar Pradesh: Four Prisoners Die in 72 Hours in Bareilly Jails.

The deceased was arrested for allegedly killing her 24-year-old son in January. An officer said the woman went to the toilet in the morning and hanged herself using a saree. Under-trial Prisoner Dies in Jammu Central Jail.

Her body was spotted by staffers of the jail. The motive behind the alleged suicide cannot be known immediately.

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