SALEM: A 28-year-old man facing a child sexual abuse case ended his life by hanging in the Salem Central Prison in the early hours of Tuesday.
The deceased has been identified as Ashok Kumar of Tiruchengodu in Namakkal district.
Ashok, who was an ambulance driver, was arrested by the Ammapet all-woman police in June last year under the Pocso Act, a prison official said. He had been lodged in the prison since then. His bails pleas were rejected. "He was to appear before the judicial magistrate on Tuesday," the official added.
Ashok Kumar, who was looking upset due to the repeated bail plea rejections, informed his fellow inmates that he would not appear before the judicial magistrate. On Tuesday morning, he was found hanging from a prison window.
The Hasthampatty police registered a case.¬¬