Murder convict serving life sentence dies by suicide in Yerawada jail

A MURDER convict serving a life imprisonment sentence is suspected to have died by suicide by hanging himself in a barrack inside Yerawada open prison on Thursday afternoon.

Police have identified the deceased as Ganesh Tambe (53). He was serving a life term for murdering his wife and two children in Virar in 2010. A court had awarded life imprisonment to him in this case in 2011.

Tambe is suspected to have hanged himself inside a barrack at around 12 noon on Thursday after completing some work in the kitchen. Other jail inmates spotted his body and informed the authorities.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Rohidas Pawar said, “The inmate was found hanging in a barrack of the Yerawada Open Prison on Thursday afternoon. Primary probe points to suicide. We are probing the sequence of events before he was found dead and the possible reason behind him ending his life.” After he was declared dead, local police were called and a probe was launched on Thursday night, police officials said. Yerawada Open Prison is located next to high-security Yerawada Central Prison.