Man in lock-up hangs himself

A youth detained by the police from Sativali village, committed suicide in Gorai Pada chowkie on Wednesday night.

Badal Kumar Shetty, 23, a resident of Velchi Pada at Sativali village, was detained by the Manikpur police on suspicion that he had kidnapped a 16-year-old girl from his locality.

According to the police, the girl’s parents had lodged a missing complaint and suspected that Shetty had kidnapped her because they were having an affair.

Shetty was brought to Gorai Pada police chowky for questioning and was put in a lock-up along with another criminal.

Before two police constables could start interrogating him, they got information of an accident and had to rush to the spot.

When the constables returned, the other criminal in Shetty’s lock-up told them that Shetty had locked himself in the toilet for a long time.
They broke open the toilet door and saw Shetty’s body hanging from the toilet window.  Badal had committed suicide by hanging himself with his trousers.

“He was brought to the police chowkie at 8.25pm and  was found dead at 10.30pm,” said Chandrakant Jadhav, senior inspector of Manikpur police station.

“We have sent the body for post-mortem. Shetty might have committed suicide fearing police action against him as he was in love with a minor girl, who has gone missing. We have registered an accidental death case,” added Jadhav.