Malkangiri: An under-trial prisoner (UTP) lodged in Malkangiri sub-jail here committed suicide by hanging in the wee hours of Saturday.
The victim was identified as Bidhan Mirdha, a resident of MPV33 village under Kalimela police limits in this district. Bidhan was lodged in jail as a UTP along with his second wife in a murder case four years ago.
He reportedly went inside the jail toilet at 4am and hanged himself with his napkin to end his life.
After rescuing, jail officials rushed him to the district headquarters hospital where he was pronounced brought dead. The officials also called his family members over the phone and asked them to reach the hospital.
Family members cried foul over his death and termed it as murder after they found him to have died after reaching the hospital. They demanded a high-level inquiry into the incident.
Later, jail DIG reached the subjail and launched an investigation. The jail superintendent stated it to be a case of suicide as the incident was recorded on CCTV camera.
PNN