Kannur (Kerala), Jun 1 : A remand prisoner hanged himself to death in the bathroom of the Kannur Special sub jail adjacent to the Central jail in this district early today.The deceased, identified as K Mohanan (48) of Manakkad near Sreekandapuram, was remanded to the jail on May 30, in connetion with the molestation of a 16-year-old Dalit girl on May 7, Mohanan along with his son Mahesh (21) and other neighbour P Joy (38) physical assaulted her when her father and step mother had gone to work.
First Mohanan, a relative of her stepmother, molested her, then Mahesh and his friend Joy molested her.
On May 25, the girl was admitted to Pariyaram Medical College Hospital due to bleeding, which threw light on the molesting incident.
The girl first could not narrate the incident to the relatives as she feared that she would be murdered.
Police registered a case on May 27 and arrested the three accused on May 30 from Alakkode and Manakkad, near Sreekandapuram.
--UNI
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