Undertrial jumps from court building, commits suicide

A 28-year-old undertrial prisoner allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the third floor of the Principal District and Sessions court in Tumakuru on Saturday.

The police said Chandraiah of Adalagere in Gubbi taluk was in judicial custody from June 1 last year for attacking with a lethal weapon a 6-year-old child who was playing near his house. He was brought to the court from prison on Saturday. While returning, as soon as he came to the door of the court hall, he pushed the police personnel aside and jumped from the third floor of the building.

He was immediately taken to the Tumakuru district government hospital where he was declared dead.

A case of custodial death has been registered in Tumakuru Town police station.