A female prisoner lodged at Central Jail of Udaipur committed suicide in the jail’s bathroom today morning. The deceased is identified as Mangibai, 44. The body is handed over the relatives after postmortem.

The incident came to light when an inmate saw Mangibai hanging inside the bathroom from a cloth. Jail guards rushed to the spot and pulled down the body.

According to Jail Superintendent Kailash Trivedi, the deceased was accused of murder and lodged in Jail from last 8 months under section 302/204. Trivedi informed that she was from Saira’s Suvato ka Guda.

Judicial Magistrate and Surajpol Police were informed about the incident and the body was shifted to mortuary.

The reason of the suicide is not yet known and an investigation is already started.