Under trial prisoner from Punjab dies in Kathua prison
Jammu: A 42-year-old undertrial prisoner from Punjab allegedly hanged himself inside a jail in Kathua district on Thursday, officials said.
Rajinder Singh of Kundal village in Fazilka was lodged in district jail Kathua since November 7, 2019 and was facing trial in a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, they said.
The officials said Singh’s body was found hanging inside a bathroom around 2.15 am.
He was pronounced dead by the jail pharmacist, they added.
The body of the deceased was shifted to the Government Medical College Kathua for a post-mortem examination, and it will being handed over to his next of kin after completion of legal formalities, the officials said.
Press Trust of India
