Jail inmate ends life in Etawah

Kanpur:An undertrial inmate committed suicide by hanging self in Etawah district jail on late Sunday night.
Jail officials said Pankaj Kumar was brought to jail on August 10 on charges of eloping with girl.
Jail officials said that probe was initiated into the matter.
Pankaj, a resident of Kukurkat village under the limits of Erwakatra police station in Auraiya district was found hanging from the hook outside his barrack.He was noticed by jail staff, who alerted senior jail officials.
His family members have been informed, police said.
According to jail authorities, the inmate used hi scarf as rope for hanging himself. “Pankaj was under depression and used to remain aloof,” said a jail superintendent Rajkishore Singh, who added the matter is being investigated. tnn