Rajkot: Married woman hangs to death inside police station

A 36-year-old woman, who was brought for questioning in an assault case, allegedly committed suicide inside the Aji Dam police station in the early hours of Sunday.

The woman, identified as Nayna Kukadiya, was found hanging with a dupatta in the washroom of the police station.

Police officials said that the woman reportedly had an affair with a man named Mukesh Koli, who is unconscious after the assault on him on Saturday and is under treatment in the Rajkot Civil Hospital. 

While he is yet to be questioned, police picked up Nayna who was with him on that fateful night.

When Nayna refused to go home from the police station, after preliminary questioning women cops were called in to help her.

At around 7:30am, she went to the washroom to freshen up but did not come out for a long time after which the cops went to check and found her hanging from the window.

Further investigation has been handed over to the sub-divisional magistrate.