KOKRAJHAR, July.28: An under-trial prisoner allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a common bathroom inside the Kokrajhar district jail last night.
The jail inmate was identified as Jonus Mardi of No-2 Kanupara village under Kachugaon PS of Kokrajhar district. He was also a self-style Deputy Commander-in-Chief of erstwhile Santal Tiger Forces (STF), sources said.
According to the sources, Mardi was admitted in Kokrajhar jail in January this year and facing trial in Case No-6/2018, Under Section 357/380 IPC.
