Prisoner hangs himself, suicide note found in stomach
Mumbai: A 32-year-old murder convict allegedly hanged himself at Nashik Central Prison in Maharashtra, the police said on Thursday.
In his suicide note, Asghar Ali Mansoori, the convict, accused prison staff of harassment.
The note was recovered from his abdomen during the autopsy, said an official of the Nashik Road Police Station.
Sentenced to life in a murder case, Mansoori was found hanging in his cell on October 7. The suicide note, wrapped in polythene, was recovered from his abdomen during the autopsy, the official said.
He was nearing the completion of his term and was given the responsibility of warder to assist prison staff.
As per the suicide note, he was being harassed by the prison staff and not allowed to work as a warder in the last few days.
"We are conducting enquiry into the allegations," the police official said.
Mansoori could not read and write, so somebody must have helped him write the note, the official said. Prison officials denied the allegations in the note, he added.
After Mansoori's death, other inmates wrote a letter to higher authorities, seeking FIR for abetment of suicide against the staff named in the suicide note, he said, adding that further probe was on.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
