24-year-old Undertial Rape Accsued found hanging at MY Hospital

Indore: A 24-year-old inmate, who was being held in connection with a rape case, was found dead under suspicious circumstances on Thursday at the government-run Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital (MYH) in Indore, where he was receiving treatment for a hernia, an official said.

Police suspect that he committed suicide by hanging himself, the official said.

According to the PTI report, Central Jail Superintendent Alka Sonkar said Mahendra Prajapat (24) had undergone a hernia operation at the MYH on December 23 and was admitted to the prisoners' ward of the hospital.

As per the initial information, he was found unconscious in the bathroom of the prisoners' ward and doctors declared him dead after examination, she said.

Sonkar said the man was lodged in the central jail as an undertrial prisoner after his arrest in a rape case.

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Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Tushar Singh said that considering the marks found on Prajapat's neck, it appears that he committed suicide by hanging himself. But what exactly happened will be known once the postmortem report comes out.

"We are questioning other prisoners admitted and doctors in the prisoners' ward in connection with Prajapat's death," he said, news agency PTI reported.

All aspects related to the undertrial prisoner's death are being investigated, the ACP said.

A purported suicide note has been found near Prajapat, and investigation is on.

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