New Delhi, July 18 An undertrial who was lodged in Tihar jail after he was arrested for murdering his mother-in-law in Delhi's Dwarka committed suicide in his cell on Friday night.
Ravi, a resident of Delhi's Mohan Garden, was lodged in the jail on Thursday for allegedly murdering his mother-in-law with an ice pick on suspicion that she was behind his wife's decision to abandon him.
He also attacked those who tried to save her.
The 62-year-old woman was rushed to the hospital but she succumbed to her injuries.
"The man hanged himself with a bed sheet inside his cell," said Rajkumar, PRO Tihar Prison.
The accused was also involved in three criminal cases including attempt to murder, culpable homicide and rape. The body has been sent for post mortem.
( With inputs from IANS )