Tribune News Service
Ludhiana April 11
A jail inmate lodged at the Central Jail here committed suicide by hanging himself from the iron grills on Sunday.
The deceased has been identified as Sarabjit Singh, a resident of Nurmahal.
As per information, the deceased was lodged at the jail about three days ago. Today, he suddenly went near the grills of his barrack and tied a piece of cloth with the same and tied the other end of the cloth around his neck and committed suicide.
After he took the extreme step, one of the jail inmates noticed his hanging body and informed the jail staff.
Afterwards, a medical team reached the spot and took the body to hospital. However, he was declared dead. The police have initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPc in this regard.
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