Karnataka: Undertrial prisoner attempts suicide at government hospital

MANGALURU: An undertrial prisoner being treated at the district

Wenlock Hospital

reportedly attempted suicide by trying to hang himself to the window using a bedsheet on Monday.

Naveen Shetty, 31, was arrested by the city police on September 20, after he entered the

District Institute of Education and Training

(DIET) campus next to the district jail near Karangalpady and assaulted three women staff members with a machete.

City police commissioner N Shashi Kumar said the undertrial was admitted for mental illness at the government hospital. He appears to be out of danger, he added.

Chandan J Patel, jail superintendent, district jail, said, on learning about his medical history, Naveen was shifted to the hospital a day after his arrest.

On gaining entry to the DIET campus, a visibly furious Shetty had whipped out a machete from his bag and went on an attacking spree.

Nirmala, a stenographer; Gunavathi, a Group ‘D’ worker; and Reena, a first-divisional assistant were injured in the incident.