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A convict in a Meghalaya jail committed suicide | REPRESENTATIVE
An inmate in a Meghalaya prison died by suicide on Monday, informed prison officials.
The convict in a murder case, he hanged himself in a toilet of the prison. He reportedly committed suicide after he was convicted by the court.
John Shallam, the convict, was 40 years old. He killed himself a day after he was convicted by the court.
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Shallam had earlier been sentenced to five years and eight months of rigorous imprisonment for his role in a murder case.
The inspector general of prisons, Meghalaya, Mariahom Kharkrang said, “The convict was found hanging in a toilet of the prison.”
A magisterial level inquiry has been ordered into the incident. Meanwhile, the body of the deceased has been sent for post-mortem.
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