KUMUD JENAMANI
Jamshedpur, Feb 23: A 26-year-old youth, Afsar Hussain, tried to commit suicide by slitting his throat and wrist at the Mango thana lock-up on Thursday afternoon.
Soon after the matter came to the fore the police rushed him to MGM medical college hospital where the injured is undergoing treatment under custody.
A resident of road no. 6 in Mango, Afsar was picked up for interrogation in connection with a case of assault and extortion. Before being interrogated, the accused was kept in the thana lock-up where made the suicidal bid.
The accused claimed that he was extremely upset because despite being innocent he was getting framed in a criminal case.
Mango thana OC, Vinay Kumar said that there was evidence against Afsar for his involvement in the case.
“Moreover, we had kept him in the thana lock-up for interrogation. How could we have released him without interrogation? But before we could do something, he prompted to make a bid on his life,” said Kumar while talking to lagatar24.com.
Afsar cut his right-hand wrist and throat with a shaving blade.
The police are probing into how did he arrange the blade after being lodged in the lock-up. The constable posted on lock-up duty is also being grilled.
The condition of the injured is, however, stated to be out of danger.
