The Asian Age

Man hangs self at police station

- AGE CORRESPOND­ENT

A 32-year-old man allegedly committed suicide inside a toilet in Jahangirpu­ri police station of Northwest Delhi in the early hours on Wednesday.

Deceased Raj Kumar, a resident of Kasganj in UP, was present in the police station regarding questionin­g over disappeara­nce of a woman and he was a respondent in the habeas corpus case, said a senior police officer.

“Raj Kumar was found hanging with a grille in the toilet of the Jahangirpu­ri police station around 2 AM. He had come to the police station in connection with an enquiry related to a habeas corpus petition in which he was a respondent,” said the officer.

After the body of Raj

Deceased Raj Kumar, a resident of Kasganj in UP, was present in the police station regarding questionin­g over disappeara­nce of a woman

Kumar was detected, the judicial magistrate and sub divisional magistrate of the area were called to the spot.

The police has sought an autopsy of the body by a medical board. The family members of the deceased have been informed and all the mandatory actions are being taken, said the official. Raj Kumar reportedly worked as a security guard in a school at Pitampura. He had turned himself up for questionin­g in the case on Tuesday night, the police said.

The police said that there was no FIR in the woman’s alleged kidnapping and Mr Kumar was called for questionin­g based on court orders.

A team of police had gone to Raj Kumar’s place in Kasganj but he was not found there. Later, he presented himself before the police.

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— PTI A peacock displays its colourful plumage at the Parliament library building in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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Raj Kumar

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