30-year-old undertrial prisoner found dead in Yerawada jail, suicide suspected

On Monday morning at around 7.25 am, the inmate was found dead on a porch next to the infirmary, officials said. He was rushed to the on-duty prison medical officer and was pronounced dead at 7.35 am. Prison officials said the inmate had earlier attempted suicide three days after he was brought to the jail.

In a separate case in September last year, Jitendra Babulal Shinde alias Pappu, 32, a convict in the sensational 2016 Kopardi rape-murder case who was awarded death sentence by a trial court, allegedly died by suicide at Yerawada Central Prison.