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Murder accused dies by suicide in jail in MP’s Sehore
The 25-year-old Indore resident had allegedly killed a 21-year-old woman by slitting her throat in a moving train on June 1 after repeatedly harassing her. The police arrested him on Wednesday from Bhopal and he was lodged in Sehore jail since
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A murder accused, who was recently arrested for killing a woman in a moving train, died by suicide in a Sehore district jail of Madhya Pradesh on Monday, said police.
The 25-year-old Indore resident had allegedly killed a 21-year-old woman by slitting her throat in a moving train on June 1 after repeatedly harassing her. The police arrested him on Wednesday from Bhopal and he was lodged in Sehore jail since, said Sameer Yadav, additional superintendent of police, Sehore.
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Deputy inspector general of jail Sanjay Pandey said the accused used his T-shirt to end his life. “He hanged himself from a rod of the jail barrack by using his T-shirt. Another jail inmate informed the authorities. The doctors in jail referred him to a district hospital where he was declared brought dead.”
A magisterial enquiry has been ordered in the matter. Police are also investigating the matter.
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