A man under jail custody as an under trail [UT] in Alipingala sub jail here consumed a battery to end his live on Wednesday night.
The jail personnel soon shifted him to the District Headquarters Hospital at Jagatsinghpur. He was identified as Deepak Rout hailing from Balikuda area. He had been arrested by police in an extortion case along with six other miscreants two and a half years ago. Since then Rout had been lodged in jail. On Wednesday night, he was found unconscious in his cell. Jail staff confirmed that dust of battery had been recovered from the cell and a probe has been ordered.