Pakistani prisoner found dead in Jammu jail

Jammu: A Pakistani prisoner was morning found hanging inside a jail here, an official said.

Jail superintendent Harish Kotwal said Showkat Ali used a scarf to hang himself from the iron bars of a toilet window.

K Rajendra Kumar, director general prisons, told reporters here that the body of Showkat Ali, a resident of Pind Sail Jathan in Sialkot Pakistan, was found hanging from the iron window of a barrack toilet inside the prison Saturday morning.

"Pakistani and Bangladeshi inmates who were in the same prison informed the authorities in the morning about the incident," he said.

Ali was arrested in 2011 after he crossed into Indian territory.