Ambedkarnagar, Dec. 18 -- An undertrial prisoner allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself with a towel in the bathroom of the district jail, triggering panic among jail authorities, officials confirmed on Wednesday.

Police reached the spot and initiated an investigation. In the presence of a magistrate, the body was taken into custody and a post-mortem examination was conducted by a team of Doctors under videography.

The deceased was identified as Sushil Tiwari alias Gyanu, a resident of Benipur village in Bhiti area.

According to police records, Gyanu and Vikas Dubey of the same village were friends. On the evening of October 22, Gyanu allegedly called Vikas out of his house and attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon (farsa), infl...