An undertrial prisoner succumbed to his burn injuries after he set himself ablaze at Hilsa sub-divisional jail in Nalanda district of Bihar on Thursday.
District Magistrate of Nalanda, K Kartikeya told The Pioneer that the prisoner, Ajay Choudhary doused himself in kerosene and subsequently set himself on fire. The prisoner was a rape accused, languishing in the jail for the last two years.
After the incident, he was immediately rushed to Sadar Hospital in Biharsharif from where he was referred to Patna Medical College and Hospital where he breathed his last.
It is suspected that the victim might have taken out kerosene oil from a lamp, kept near his cell and might have used the liquid to set himself aflame.
The DM said that further investigation was on to know full details behind the incident.