Nirbhaya gangrape convict Vinay Sharma today attempted suicide in Delhi's high-security Tihar Jail and was admitted to the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital. File photo of convict Vinay Sharma. In a similar manner, another convict Ram Singh (34) had hanged himself in Jail No. According to a report of the Department of Psychiatry, Central Jail Hospital, Tihar, around 20 prisoners committed suicide in Tihar Jail in the last 16 years. All were pre-trial verdict inmates, like Ram Singh, who had become the 21st inmate to die an unnatural death.

Source: India Today August 25, 2016 03:10 UTC