Narepal aka Sonu (32), who was convicted with life imprisonment for raping and killing a minor, ended his life in judicial custody.
He escaped from the Bareilly Central Prison and was later nabbed in his native place in Bijnor. After his arrest, he was placed in Bijnor's makeshift prison, where he was found hanging on Thursday morning.
Sonu was arrested by Kiratpur police on Tuesday. A pistol was also recovered from him. On Sunday night, he had escaped from the Bareilly Central Jail.
Reports confirmed that Sonu was sentenced to life imprisonment and was serving this sentence at Bareilly Central Prison. Sometime late Sunday night, he escaped from the prison.
The Bareilly jail is under construction and iron bars and other construction materials are lying there. With the help of an iron bar, Sonu made a hole in the wall, changed clothes and fled.
After the local police failed to arrest him, the ADG, Bareilly Zone, had announced a cash reward of Rs 50,000 for his arrest.
Sources said the Bareilly police were looking for the prisoner but in the meantime, the cops from Kiratpur police station in Bijnor learnt that he was present in his house at Maujampur Raipur locality of Kiratpur so they raided the place on Tuesday evening and arrested him.
The cops also claimed to have recovered a pistol from his possession. After his arrest, he was placed in Bijnor's makeshift prison to as per the Covid protocol but he committed suicide.
The police sent the body for post-mortem and were making further investigation.
It may be mentioned that on February 14, 2009, Narepal alias Sonu was arrested after he allegedly raped a girl in a village and later murdered her.
The trial was referred to a fast track court which sentenced Sonu to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 15,000. Sonu was shifted to the Bareilly Central Prison in 2012.
Sonu, who was in jail for the past 11 years, was engaged in carpentry in Bareilly Central Prison and seeing his behavior he was shifted and engaged as `nambardar'. The night he escaped, he was on duty outside the prison office.