India News | MP: Undertrial Inmate Commits Suicide at Sub-jail in Gwalior District

Gwalior, Jun 23 (PTI) A 24-year-old undertrial inmate allegedly hanged himself in a sub-jail in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district, police said on Friday.

The incident took place at the sub-jail in Dabra on Thursday night, an official said.

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The inmate allegedly made a noose out of a bedsheet and tied the other end to a ventilator to hang himself, Dabra's sub-divisional officer of police (SDOP) Vivek Sharma said.

The accused was lodged in jail in a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said, adding that the police were probing the suicide.

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