PURNEA, Dec. 9 -- A minor attempted suicide in police remand centre by hanging himself by his trouser in Bihar's Purnea, police said on Tuesday. The boy was under treatment at a private hospital and his condition was said to be critical.

The was boy was at the police remand home after he was booked for eloping with a minor girl. Girl's parents had registered a complaint at the Sadar police station on December 4. Later on Monday evening, the police recovered the two and were brought to police station for interrogation.

The girl was later handed over to her family and the boy was to be sent to the remand home.

"The boy went to the washroom and when half an hour elapsed, two other boys in custody raised an alarm. Later, he was found hangi...