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India: life-term incarcerated person dies by suicide inside Karnataka's Dharwad central prison
A man serving a 14-year jail sentence for murdering his wife, has died by suicide by hanging himself in the prison premises. The incident took place inside the central prison in Dharwad.
Source: The New Indian Express (15/01/2026)