PRAYAGRAJ, Nov. 2 -- A 60-year-old life-term convict allegedly died by suicide inside Naini Central Jail late Saturday evening, police said.

The deceased, a resident of Barua village in Kaushambi district, was convicted in a 2020 murder case of his neighbour and was sentenced to life imprisonment on December 23, 2023, by a Kaushambi sessions court, along with his two brothers.

Initially lodged in Kaushambi District Jail, the convict was transferred to Naini Central Jail on July 20, 2025.

An inquiry has been initiated to determine the circumstances leading to the suicide, senior jail superintendent Vijay Vikram Singh said.

According to jail officials, the inmate allegedly used a towel to hang himself from a mango tree near the mat stor...