Gujarat 24-year-old booked under trial in POCSO case dies by suicide in Himatnagar sub-jail police investigation latest updates – India TV

Gujarat News: A 24-year-old suspect allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in the toilet of a barracks in Himatnagar sub-jail in Gujarat’s Sabarkantha district, police said today (October 13).

Vipul Mathasuliya hanged himself from a rope tied to the fan of a toilet on the first floor of the barracks on Saturday morning as inmates queued up for breakfast, said JG Chavda, district jail superintendent of Himatnagar district jail.

Mathasuliya was accused of raping a minor and booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCS) Act. He had been in the sub-jail since July, he said.

The reason for the extreme step is unclear, the official said. The body was sent to Ahmedabad for forensic post-mortem and a case of accidental death was registered, he said.