<p class="title">A 36-year-old man convicted of killing his wife for dowry reportedly committed suicide in the Central Prison at Parappana Agrahara in South Bengaluru on Thursday. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Mahesh alias Masthi Kumar, from Kalkere village, Shivamogga district, was found hanging with a towel tied to a window grille in the music hall in Barrack 'A' around 9 pm. His body was found in a standing position, according to the prison authorities. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Jail wardens had gone looking for him after he went missing from his cell in the prison's Barrack 'B'. </p>.<p class="bodytext">On Thursday night, the gates of Barrack 'A' were closed and all the convicts returned to their respective cells. A few prisoners found Kumar missing. They then informed the jail wardens.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Barrack 'A' also houses a higher education training centre, a gym, a wheelchair-manufacturing unit, a library, a yoga room and a prayer hall. It is kept open from 7 am to 6 pm for the use of convicts. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Kumar was taken to the jail hospital where he was declared brought dead. His body was then moved to the Victoria Hospital for post-mortem. The jurisdictional Parappana Agrahara police have registered a case of unnatural death and are awaiting the post-mortem report. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Prison officials said Kumar showed no signs of depression as he normally mingled with other convicts. He was arrested in 2015 and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017. "If a convict or an undertrial shows signs of depression, jail wardens keep a watch on him, but Kumar appeared normal," a senior prison official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Just on February 27 this year, serial rapist and murderer M Jaishankar alias Psycho Shankar had committed suicide by slitting his throat with a shaving blade.</p>
<p class="title">A 36-year-old man convicted of killing his wife for dowry reportedly committed suicide in the Central Prison at Parappana Agrahara in South Bengaluru on Thursday. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Mahesh alias Masthi Kumar, from Kalkere village, Shivamogga district, was found hanging with a towel tied to a window grille in the music hall in Barrack 'A' around 9 pm. His body was found in a standing position, according to the prison authorities. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Jail wardens had gone looking for him after he went missing from his cell in the prison's Barrack 'B'. </p>.<p class="bodytext">On Thursday night, the gates of Barrack 'A' were closed and all the convicts returned to their respective cells. A few prisoners found Kumar missing. They then informed the jail wardens.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Barrack 'A' also houses a higher education training centre, a gym, a wheelchair-manufacturing unit, a library, a yoga room and a prayer hall. It is kept open from 7 am to 6 pm for the use of convicts. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Kumar was taken to the jail hospital where he was declared brought dead. His body was then moved to the Victoria Hospital for post-mortem. The jurisdictional Parappana Agrahara police have registered a case of unnatural death and are awaiting the post-mortem report. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Prison officials said Kumar showed no signs of depression as he normally mingled with other convicts. He was arrested in 2015 and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017. "If a convict or an undertrial shows signs of depression, jail wardens keep a watch on him, but Kumar appeared normal," a senior prison official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Just on February 27 this year, serial rapist and murderer M Jaishankar alias Psycho Shankar had committed suicide by slitting his throat with a shaving blade.</p>
