Gujarat: Undertrial prisoner found hanging in Surat jail
Surat, Apr 5: A 23-year-old inmate of Central Jail in Surat city of Gujarat facing trial on charges of kidnapping and raping a minor girl was found hanging inside a barrack in the wee hours on Wednesday, police said.
Police found a letter purportedly written by the deceased which indicated a "love angle" behind his arrest and suicide, a police officer said without elaborating.
Prima facie, the accused used a cloth to hang himself from the exhaust fan of the toilet room inside his barrack, said police inspector RR Desai.
The deceased was a native of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar city, formerly Aurangabad, in Maharashtra.
He was brought to the jail on February 20 this year after his arrest under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Indian Penal Code for kidnapping, he said.
Further investigation is underway, he added.
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Two killed, one injured in bike-SUV collision in UP's Banda
Banda (UP) (PTI): Two people were killed and another injured on Sunday morning after their motorcycle collided head-on with an SUV near a village in Naraini area in the district, police said.
The accident took place near Padmai village at around 5 am when all three individuals riding the motorcycle were returning home from a wedding ceremony, Naraini SHO Sandeep Tiwari said.
According to the police, the motorcyclist, Ajay Rajput, 24, a resident of Barua Kalinjar village, died on the spot, while his cousin, Prabha, 20, passed away at the hospital during treatment.
His brother-in-law, Rakesh, 23, who sustained critical injuries, is currently undergoing treatment at the Banda Medical College, police said.
The police have seized the SUV and registered a case in connection with the incident, the SHO said.
The bodies of the deceased have been sent for a post-mortem, police said.
