Undertrial commits suicide at Pune’s Yerawada mental hospital

According to the police, he was a murder accused in a case related to Dharwad railway police

An undertrial committed suicide inside the Yerawada mental hospital on Monday night.

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A suicide-related case has been lodged with the Yerawada police.

According to the police, the undertrial was a murder accused in a case related to the Dharwad railway police and was brought to the Yerawada Central Jail. According to Yunus Shaikh, senior police inspector, Yerawada jail, he suffered from severe mental problems when lodged in the jail, after which he was admitted to the mental hospital fifteen days ago.

He was given a separate room for treatment and also a rug. The undertrial tore the corners of the rug and made a rope out of it. He tied the rope to the roof and committed suicide between 9 and 10 pm on Monday.

Post the suicide, Yerawada prison authorities and police were intimated about the incident by the hospital management. His body was taken to the Sassoon General Hospital for autopsy and later handed over to his relatives on Tuesday. A number of senior prison and police officials visited the spot to assess the case and an internal inquiry has been ordered into the incident. Further investigation is on in the case, Yerawada police said.