<p>A 37-year-old convict serving life imprisonment allegedly committed suicide at the Harsul Central Jail in Maharashtra's Aurangabad city, an official said on Monday.</p>.<p>Saluji Yadav Magare hanged himself with a torn blanket from an exhaust fan inside the prison's toilet in the early hours of Sunday, jail superintendent Hiralal Jadhav told reporters here.</p>.<p>Magare, a resident of Thakurwadi in the neighbouring Jalna district, was serving life imprisonment for killing his wife some years back, he said.</p>.<p>He was in the Harsul jail since January 23, 2015, the official said, adding that a sessions court here pronounced the sentence on November 14, 2018.</p>.<p>Around 3.30 am on Sunday, Magare, who was lodged in barrack No. 14, went to the toilet carrying a piece of cloth which he tore from his blanket.</p>.<p>He allegedly hanged himself from the exhaust fan in the toilet using the torn blanket piece, the official said.</p>.<p>When Magare did not come out of the toilet, a sentry went to find out and saw him hanging.</p>.<p>The sentry then alerted the prison officials who rushed to the spot and brought Magare down.</p>.<p>Doctors attended to Magare at the prison but he could not be saved and was declared dead around 4.40 am, Jadhav said.</p>.<p>A prison official was suspended, he said, adding that an inquiry has been ordered into the incident.</p>.<p>According to Magare's family members, when they came to meet him eight-ten days ago, he told them that he was "disturbed" as his children stood as witness against him in the killing case, Jadhav said.</p>.<p>Magare's brother Jitendra tried to console him saying the sentence would end in 10 years, the official said.</p>.<p>"If Jitendra had conveyed all this to the jail administration, we would have kept an eye on Magare or arranged a counsellor for him," he said. </p>
<p>A 37-year-old convict serving life imprisonment allegedly committed suicide at the Harsul Central Jail in Maharashtra's Aurangabad city, an official said on Monday.</p>.<p>Saluji Yadav Magare hanged himself with a torn blanket from an exhaust fan inside the prison's toilet in the early hours of Sunday, jail superintendent Hiralal Jadhav told reporters here.</p>.<p>Magare, a resident of Thakurwadi in the neighbouring Jalna district, was serving life imprisonment for killing his wife some years back, he said.</p>.<p>He was in the Harsul jail since January 23, 2015, the official said, adding that a sessions court here pronounced the sentence on November 14, 2018.</p>.<p>Around 3.30 am on Sunday, Magare, who was lodged in barrack No. 14, went to the toilet carrying a piece of cloth which he tore from his blanket.</p>.<p>He allegedly hanged himself from the exhaust fan in the toilet using the torn blanket piece, the official said.</p>.<p>When Magare did not come out of the toilet, a sentry went to find out and saw him hanging.</p>.<p>The sentry then alerted the prison officials who rushed to the spot and brought Magare down.</p>.<p>Doctors attended to Magare at the prison but he could not be saved and was declared dead around 4.40 am, Jadhav said.</p>.<p>A prison official was suspended, he said, adding that an inquiry has been ordered into the incident.</p>.<p>According to Magare's family members, when they came to meet him eight-ten days ago, he told them that he was "disturbed" as his children stood as witness against him in the killing case, Jadhav said.</p>.<p>Magare's brother Jitendra tried to console him saying the sentence would end in 10 years, the official said.</p>.<p>"If Jitendra had conveyed all this to the jail administration, we would have kept an eye on Magare or arranged a counsellor for him," he said. </p>