Man Kills Self Inside Lock-up in Chhattisgarh,10 Cops Suspended

The 30-year-old man, accused of beating his wife, was being held at a police station in Chhattisgarh’s Surajpur.

A man allegedly hanged himself inside the lock-up of a police station in Chhattisgarh’s Surajpur distict.

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A 30-year-old man, accused of beating his wife, allegedly hanged himself inside the lock-up of a police station in Chhattisgarh's Surajpur distict on Wednesday, 26 June.

Ten policemen were suspended after the incident, an official said.

Krishna Sarathi, the deceased, had been arrested only a few hours prior after a complaint was lodged by his father-in-law at the Chandora police station.

The complaint said that Sarathi, a native of neighbouring Balrampur, went to his in-laws’ house at Domhat in Surjapur district on Tuesday, 25 June, to meet his wife Sundarmani. The couple quarrelled and Sarathi allegedly beat her and left.

After Sundarmani's father lodged a complaint, Chandora police arrested Sarathi from Balrampur and took him to the police station at around 7 am on Wednesday, 26 June.

At around 12 noon, he was found to have hanged himself from the lock-up's door with a bedsheet. He was declared dead before admission to a local hospital, the police official said.

Surajpur Superintendent of Police Girija Shankar Jaiswal suspended ten policemen, including Station House Officer R D Singh following the incident, he said. Further probe is underway.