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Man found dead while in police custody

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: A man, who was in the custody of a Gujarat police team that was here, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at a hotel in Shivajinagar on Wednesday.

The police gave his name as Sajid (32) of Ambur in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu.

The Gujarat police had arrested Sajid in Ambur on Tuesday in connection with a cheating case in their State. They had brought him to the city and kept him at a lodge on Lady Curzon Road.

They were supposed to take him to Ahmedabad from here by a flight this afternoon, the police said.

Around 11 a.m., Sajid went to the toilet at the hotel and latched the door from inside. He hanged himself with a towel from a hook, the police said.

The body has been kept at the Bowring Hospital mortuary. On a complaint by a police official from Gujarat, Gaikwad, the Commercial Street police have registered a case.

Suicide

Following a quarrel with her husband, a woman allegedly committed suicide by setting her self on fire at her house in Electronics City police station limits on Tuesday night.

She was identified as Alamelamma (24), a garment factory employee and a resident of 4th Cross, Chikkabegur. The Electronics City police have registered a case and are on the lookout for Alamelamma's husband Anjanappa, a factory employee.

In another incident, Abdul Saleem, father of an eight-month-old baby, committed suicide by hanging himself at his house on 3rd Cross, Chikkabegur, on Tuesday night.

Saleem (23), who was earlier working in a bakery, was unemployed for the last one year.

On Tuesday night, his wife reportedly chided him for being jobless, the police said. Saleem was a native of Kerala.

The Electronics City police have registered a case.

In a similar incident on Tuesday night, Roopa (20) ended her life by hanging herself at her house in Venkatapura in Madivala police station limits. The Madivala police, who have registered a case, said they were yet to ascertain the cause for the suicide.

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