Jaipur, Oct 1 (PTI) A 22-year-old undertrial prisoner allegedly committed suicide inside a jail in Jaipur, police said on Thursday.
Manish Raigar, a resident of Chaksu, had been lodged in jail since May in connection with a case under the POCSO Act, they said.
Lalkothi SHO Shyam Sundar said Manish was found hanging near a store inside the jail premises on Wednesday.
Other inmates and jail personnel spotted him and brought him down. He was examined by doctors, who declared him dead, the SHO said.
Prima facie, he used a shoelace and other material available inside the jail to make the noose, police said.
The body was handed over to his family after a post-mortem examination.PTI SDA SMV SMV NB
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