Bathinda, June 19

A jail inmate ended his life by hanging himself with a turban inside a barrack in the Central Jail on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Ramswaroop (38), a resident of Alwar in Rajasthan.

The reason behind the suicide is not known. It is learnt that the police arrested him with 360 intoxicant pills on May 24 and registered a case against him under the NDPS Act after which he was lodged in the Central Jail. On Friday, he ended his life by hanging himself from an iron grill with a turban in his barrack. The suicide came to light when other inmates reached the barrack and found his body hanging. They informed the jail administration after which he was taken to a hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. — TNS