Suicide: Prisoner hangs himself in district jail
Rafaqat Ali, 25 strangled himself by a rope in the bathroom of the jail.
SIALKOT:
A prisoner committed suicide in the Sialkot district jail on Wednesday. According to police officials, Rafaqat Ali, 25 strangled himself by a rope in the bathroom of the jail. According to district Jail Superintendent Asad Warraich, the deceased was found dead in the bathroom by his cell mates and the reasons behind the suicide are yet to be ascertained. He told reporters that Ali was a resident of Zafarwal in Norowal and was brought to the District Jail Sialkot on September 19, 2011 in connection with a murder case which was currently under trial. “We don’t know why he has killed himself and we are questioning his cell mates in this regard. So far we have ordered an autopsy of the victim,” said investigation in charge Muhammad Akram Kamiana. Ali’s body has been handed over to his family after a postmortem was conducted on Wednesday aftenoon.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 3rd, 2011.
A prisoner committed suicide in the Sialkot district jail on Wednesday. According to police officials, Rafaqat Ali, 25 strangled himself by a rope in the bathroom of the jail. According to district Jail Superintendent Asad Warraich, the deceased was found dead in the bathroom by his cell mates and the reasons behind the suicide are yet to be ascertained. He told reporters that Ali was a resident of Zafarwal in Norowal and was brought to the District Jail Sialkot on September 19, 2011 in connection with a murder case which was currently under trial. “We don’t know why he has killed himself and we are questioning his cell mates in this regard. So far we have ordered an autopsy of the victim,” said investigation in charge Muhammad Akram Kamiana. Ali’s body has been handed over to his family after a postmortem was conducted on Wednesday aftenoon.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 3rd, 2011.