The main accused in the Dec 16 gang-rape of a 23-year-old has committed suicide in Delhi's Tihar Jail Monday morning, police said.
According to a police official, Ram Singh, 33, the prime accused in the case committed suicide around 5.00 a.m. in ward no. 5 of Jail No.3 in Tihar jail.
According to officials, a magisterial inquiry will be undertaken into the incident.
Sources said Ram Singh hanged himself by the grills of a window, using his own pyjama.
Singh had been charged in 13 cases in connection with the Dec 16 incident, and had been facing day-to-day trial in a fast-track court.
He was supposed to be taken to the court Monday too.
Police said he had already confessed to the crime.
The body was rushed to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, where doctors declared Singh dead.
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