Sultanpur (UP), April 7 An inmate at the district jail here is alleged to have died by suicide, officials said on Tuesday.
Jail Superintendent Omkar Pandey said the inmate, Nakchhed Kori (48), hanged himself to death using a plastic rope in the jail toilet around 1:30 am.
Kori, a resident of Charathai village in the Dhanpatganj area, had been in jail since March 25 as part of an investigation into an attempted murder case, Pandey said.
The body has been sent for post-mortem, and a detailed investigation is underway, he added.