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8220;We are yet to record Solanki8217;s statement, as we are awaiting permission from the doctor. It will be only after talking to him that we can ascertain the cause behind the incident. As of now, we are relying on what some of the inmates told us that Solanki accidentally swallowed the pills,8221; said Sub-Inspector G B Vaghela.

This is the second such incident reported from the jail in a week. On October 31, a murder convict, Mayabhai Kapadbhai, had allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a jail lavatory. Investigation suggested that the suicide was a fallout of a court refusing to grant him furlough to celebrate Diwali with his family.