New Delhi, Mar 11: He managed to dodge all eyes on him—the guard posted to keep a “suicide watch” on him and three inmates in the high-security cell in Tihar Jail here— to end his life using the clothes he was wearing.
The suicide of 33-year-old Ram Singh, the prime accused in the December 16 Delhi gangrape case, has raised questions about the role of authorities involved in keeping a watch on him and other prisoners.
Singh was not alone in the cell in Jail Number three of the prisons when he used his clothes to hang himself from the grill early this morning, Jail sources said.
A guard was posted outside his cell to keep a watch on him but could not detect the happenings inside the cell. Three inmates, who were sleeping, also did not know that Singh was hanging himself, they said.
“The guard, a personnel from Tamil Nadu Police, noticed Singh hanging from the grill at 5:45 AM,” they said.
Officials said it was not clear how he managed to tie the rope he made using his clothes to the grill that was at least eight feet high. They also could not explain how the other three prisoners failed to detect anything untoward. Sources said a Metropolitan Magistrate will inquire into the incident.
Singh's family and lawyers alleged he was murdered inside jail.
