Ludhiana, May 4 -- An undertrial prisoner lodged in Ludhiana Central Jail in a murder case allegedly died by suicide on Saturday morning. The 39-year-old deceased reportedly hanged himself using a piece of cloth from the grill of a window inside the barrack.

According to jail officials, the incident occurred around 10 am. He was discovered hanging from a grill above a door by fellow inmates, who immediately informed the jail authorities.

The deceased had been in custody since November 2024 for allegedly murdering his cousin Nirmal Singh, a resident of Suraj Nagar, Shimlapuri. The murder was said to have stemmed from a personal rivalry.

Confirming the incident, jail superintendent Shivraj Singh Nandgarh said, "He climbed the door inside...