A 30-year-old woman, arrested in connection with a chain snatching case, allegedly committed suicide today by hanging herself in the toilet of a police station in Porbandar city, police said.
The deceased, identified as Kanchanben Solanki, was one of the six accused who were in police remand till Monday after a woman lodged an FIR against unknown persons for snatching her gold chain on Monday.
"She was found hanging from an iron rod of the window in the toilet of Kamlabaug police station. She used her saree for (hanging)," said police inspector K A Makwana.
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Solanki was arrested under sections 379 (theft) and 114 (abettor present when crime is committed) of IPC along with two women and three men.
"Today she went to the toilet with a female constable following her. When she did not come out after 5 minutes, the constable knocked on the door. When she did not respond, a constable climbed the wall to see what has happened to her. They found her hanging by her saree," said Makwana.
Solanki was rushed to a government hospital where she was declared dead.
Her body has been sent for postmortem, the officer added.
