Woman prisoner under treatment ‘dies by suicide’ at Yerawada Regional Mental Hospital

Accordingly, the woman was admitted to the establishment on July 31, officers said, adding that she was found unresponsive in her ward on Wednesday morning, following which doctors at the hospital examined her and confirmed the death.

After receiving information about the incident, a team from the Yerawada police station reached the spot for investigation. Prima facie, the incident appeared to be a case of suicide, said Ravindra Shelke, Senior Police Inspector. As per legal procedure, an accidental death report was filed at the station, and an inquiry was initiated to determine the exact cause behind the death, Shelke said.

In recent years, at least three cases of death by suicide have been reported at the Regional Mental Hospital in Yerwada. In September 2023, a 25-year-old man allegedly killed himself on the premises. In January 2020, another 25-year-old man, who was on trial in a murder case, allegedly took his life at the hospital. A 55-year-old patient also reportedly died by suicide at the hospital in January 2018.