Accused hangs himself in general lockup washroom

A 30-year-old undertrial, Chandrashekar Rampal Yadav, allegedly committed suicide on Friday at around 4.30 pm in the general lockup of Bandra police station by hanging himself using the shirt he was wearing.

He was taken to Bhabha hospital, where the doctors declared him dead on arrival. According to the police, the deceased went to the washroom, locked himself inside, took off his shirt, twisted it to make a noose and hanged himself from a pipe inside the washroom.

The deceased hailed from UP’s Muradabad district and he had recently come to Mumbai in search of job. There are several cases registered against him in various police stations of Mumbai.

“Yadav had recently come to Mumbai in search of a job. He has no fixed house to live in. He was working as a waiter in a bar. In the pretext of giving convenience to customers, he used to take their debit cards and PIN numbers to make payment. After taking their cards, Yadav would flee from the venue, withdraw money from their account, and go underground to search for another job in a different bar,” said the police.

He was first arrested by the MHB police, who sent him on remand to the Vakola police station. The Vakola police then sent him to the Bandra general lock up for probe.

Yadav was booked under IPC sections 406 (Punishment for criminal breach of trust) and 419 (Punishment for cheating by impersonation).