Another suicide in Tihar Jail, 30-year-old undertrial hangs herself

The security in high-security Tihar Jail is yet again under the scanner after a 30-year-old undertrial committed suicide in the prison on Thursday.

Zeenews Bureau New Delhi: The security in high-security Tihar Jail is yet again under the scanner after a 30-year-old undertrial committed suicide inside the prison on Thursday. Initial reports claimed that the woman who was undergoing trial in an abduction case hung herself in a cell. "Reshma, who was undergoing trial in a kidnapping case, was found hanging Thursday afternoon inside jail number 6. Other inmates spotted her body," said a jail official. The body has been sent for post-mortem at Deen Dayal Upadhaya hospital and a magisterial inquiry has been ordered, the official said. No suicide note has been found. Earlier this week, Ram Singh, an accused in the Delhi gang-rape case too had committed suicide inside the Tihar Jail by hanging himself. With Agency Inputs