Undertrial commits suicide in central jail in Ferozepur
An undertrial lodged in the Firozepur central jail allegedly committed suicide, police said. The deceased was identified as Balwant Singh belonging to Dhandi Khurd village in Jalalabad, they said. Singh was booked in connection with the murder case of his wife last month and was shifted to this jail on May 18 from Fazilka. His body was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his barrack on Sunday. Recently, another jail inmate, identified as Gurmeet Singh, had also committed suicide by hanging himself from a fan in the bathroom of the jail. Central jail officials said Singh's body will be handed over to his family members after postmortem. They said investigations were being carried out to ascertain the cause behind the incident. PTI
