KOTA: A 42-year-old rape accused, who was posted as lineman in Jaipur Vidutt Vitran Nigam Limited (JVVNL) in Bundi, allegedly committed suicide by consuming poisonous substance outside his home under Bundi Sadar police station early on Friday morning.
The police handed over the body to family members after post-mortem by a medical board and lodged a case of unnatural death under Section 174 of CrPC.
Circle inspector at Bundi Sadar police station Satyanarayan Malav said the lineman, identified as Hemraj Meena, a resident of Laxmi Vihar on Bundi railway station road in Devpura, allegedly committed suicide by consuming poisonous substance a few meters away from his house. On noticing him lying unconscious, the passersby informed the family members following which he was rushed to Bundi district hospital where the doctors declared him dead, he added.
Malav said the reason behind the extreme step by the deceased is not yet clear as no suicide note was recovered from his possession. According to family members, he had left home at around 5 o’clock on Friday for defecation in open, he said.
A woman of the city earlier this month approached Mahila police station and lodged a case of rape under Section 376 against Hemraj Meena, however, investigation into the matter is underway and the accused Meena was not interrogated so far, SHO at Mahila police station, Bundi, Anjana Nogia said.