A 38-year-old man, who was arrested by the police for allegedly raping his minor daughter, has died by suicide inside a police station lock-up. The incident was reported in the Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh, a police officer told news agency PTI on Thursday.
The accused was arrested on Wednesday night after his 16-year-old daughter filed a rape complaint. He was picked up and brought to the police station within hours. Later, he was found hanging from a toilet pipe at the Namli police station, 15 kilometres from the district headquarters, early on Thursday morning, the report further stated. The man used pyjama strings to hang himself.
Rural Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Vivek Sonkar said a probe has been ordered into the accused's death.
In an unrelated incident, a 17-year-old girl died by suicide in the Chhatarpur district, apparently after failing her Class 12 board exams. It was the second such death reported after the MP Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) declared results for its Class 10 and Class 12 exams on Wednesday.
In a similar incident, a 20-year-old student died by suicide in Morena on Wednesday after failing to clear the Class 12 examination, police said. Officials stated that locals had informed the police that the student had shot himself.
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