<p>Jaipur: A 30-year-old man allegedly slit his friend's throat with a sword and later turned the weapon on himself in Rajasthan's Salumbar district, police said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The accused Fateh Singh was cornered in a hilly area by the police and locals late on Friday. Despite attempts to persuade him to surrender, Singh slit his throat, Superintendent of Police Arshad Ali said.</p>.<p>"He was rushed to a hospital where he died," he said.</p>.Teacher suspended for asking tribal women to not apply 'sindoor' or wear 'Mangalsutra' in Rajasthan: Report.<p>Singh had gone into hiding after he murdered Shankar Lal Meghwal (40), a teacher.</p>.<p>Meghwal was standing near a shop late on Thursday when Singh attacked him with a sword, the police said.</p>.<p>He also injured Meghwal's father Dal Chand (60), who had come to his son's rescue, before fleeing to the forest area.</p>.<p>Chand is undergoing treatment.</p>.<p>The police said Singh suspected Meghwal performed witchcraft that led to losses in his business.</p>.<p>Locals of Meghwal basti, where both lived, claimed Meghwal and Singh were good friends till a year ago, Ali said.</p>.<p>They shared an interest in witchcraft, he added. </p>
<p>Jaipur: A 30-year-old man allegedly slit his friend's throat with a sword and later turned the weapon on himself in Rajasthan's Salumbar district, police said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The accused Fateh Singh was cornered in a hilly area by the police and locals late on Friday. Despite attempts to persuade him to surrender, Singh slit his throat, Superintendent of Police Arshad Ali said.</p>.<p>"He was rushed to a hospital where he died," he said.</p>.Teacher suspended for asking tribal women to not apply 'sindoor' or wear 'Mangalsutra' in Rajasthan: Report.<p>Singh had gone into hiding after he murdered Shankar Lal Meghwal (40), a teacher.</p>.<p>Meghwal was standing near a shop late on Thursday when Singh attacked him with a sword, the police said.</p>.<p>He also injured Meghwal's father Dal Chand (60), who had come to his son's rescue, before fleeing to the forest area.</p>.<p>Chand is undergoing treatment.</p>.<p>The police said Singh suspected Meghwal performed witchcraft that led to losses in his business.</p>.<p>Locals of Meghwal basti, where both lived, claimed Meghwal and Singh were good friends till a year ago, Ali said.</p>.<p>They shared an interest in witchcraft, he added. </p>