Blast accused commits suicide at Civil Hospital

A drug addict detained for questioning in the serial bomb blasts case reportedly committed suicide by jumping off the third floor of city Civil Hospital where he was admitted for treatment, police said on Monday.

A drug addict detained for questioning in the serial bomb blasts case reportedly committed suicide by jumping off the third floor of city Civil Hospital where he was admitted for treatment, police said on Monday.

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Kalimuddin Sheikh, 26, was and brought to the hospital after he complained of chest pain while being questioned in the serial bomb blast case, they said.

Sheikh, an autorickshaw driver living in Shahpur area of the city, was booked under the section 151 of the CrPC for questioning in the bomb blast case.

Police said Sheikh was addicted to brown sugar and he jumped off the third floor of hospital last night.