Chandigarh Gangrape Case: Prime Accused Attempts Suicide in Jail

The accused allegedly raped a 22-year-old woman along with his two accomplices.

An auto rickshaw driver – the prime accused in a gangrape case in Chandigarh – attempted suicide inside the jail on Monday by stabbing himself with a "piece of broken glass", police said.

The accused, Mohd Irfan, was arrested on Friday in the case, a week after he allegedly raped a 22-year-old woman along with his two accomplices.

He stabbed himself multiple times in the stomach with a piece of broken glass. He was taken to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), where his condition was stated to be out of danger. 

Inspector Ranjodh Singh, Station House Officer

Irfan, who was lodged in the Burail jail, allegedly broke a mirror installed outside the barrack for inmates, Inspector Ranjodh Singh said.

After his fellow inmates raised an alarm, Irfan was taken to a dispensary in the jail premises. Later, he was taken to the GMCH in sector 32, he said.

Irfan will be booked for attempt to commit suicide.

Irfan, a migrant from Uttar Pradesh, was residing in Zirakpur. The Chandigarh Police on Saturday nabbed two accomplices of Irfan, Kismat Ali and Mohammad Garib from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi and Faizabad districts, respectively.

The police on Sunday said all the three accused had planned to rape the woman, hailing from Dehradun, on 17 November.

She had taken the auto rickshaw after attending a stenography class from sector 37. Ali and Garib were already sitting in the auto, according to a complaint filed by the woman, the police had said.

They said that, Irfan allegedly drove her to an isolated place in sector 53, instead of taking her to Mohali where she had been staying as a paying guest.