A 52-year-old Indian fisherman has died allegedly by suicide in his cell at the Malir Jail in Pakistan’s Karachi, a jail official said on Thursday.
“Gaurav Ram Anand on Tuesday night hanged himself with a rope in the washroom of the barrack where Indian fishermen are jailed,” Jail Superintendent Arshad Hussain told PTI.
According to the Jail Superintendent, Anand was declared dead by the prison doctor at around 2:30 Tuesday night. His body has been shifted to the mortuary of the Edhi Trust, where formalities are being done.
He added that after formalities at the government level are completed, the body will be handed over to his family.