One Surjit Jojo (35), an under-trial who was lodged in the Bonei jail on Monday night, reportedly attempted suicide by climbing a tree in the jail premises on Tuesday morning.
Interestingly, he asked for alcohol when jail officials asked him to come down from the tree. Surjit is a resident of Bonadamunda area here and was forwarded to the Bonei jail in a railway theft case, sources said.Though jail officials offered him alcohol and requested him to come down yet he didn’t came down. Fire brigades and police also failed in their attempt. After about one and an half hours, Surjit jumped from the tree and sustained injuries on his chin.
He was immediately sent to the jail dispensary for treatment but doctors there referred him to the Rourkela Government Hospital “Surjit is being treated at the RGJ now. He would be brought back to the jail after he gets well,” saidB Mahalik, Superintendent of the Bonei Jail.