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Mangaluru: An undertrial ended his life by suicide at a Mangaluru sub jail on Sunday.
The incident took place between 4:05 am and 4:55 am.
Commissioner of Police Anupam Agrawal said that the deceased is Prakash Gopal Moolya (43), son of Gopal Moolya, resident of Hudco Colony, near Mahaveer College Marigudi Temple, Moodbidri.
Arrested on March 11, he was in judicial custody in connection with a case booked against him under the POCSO Act at the Moodbidri Police station.
As per preliminary information, the prisoner hanged himself using a towel tied to the window grill in the toilet of Barrack ‘B’, Cell No 2 of the jail. The duty staff immediately noticed the incident, and he was rushed to Government Wenlock Hospital. However, doctors who examined him declared him dead.
A case has been registered at Barke Police Station under Section 194(4) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.
Further legal proceedings are being carried out as per procedure, the Commissioner said.