Jaipur, March 4 (PTI) An advocate allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a swimming pool of a hotel here, police said on Monday.
Dhoop Singh Poonia (54) had badly beaten his wife over some issue on March 1 had reached Chitrakoot Police Station saying that he had murdered his wife, they said.
During enquiry, police found that his wife was admitted to a hospital in an injured condition. Following this, Poonia was detained but later released, police said.
On Sunday, he went to a hotel and committed suicide by jumping into the swimming pool there, they said, adding that the body has been shifted to a nearby hospital for post-mortem.
According to police, it is suspected that Poonia took the extreme step probably under guilt of thrashing his wife.
The matter is being investigated further, they said. PTI SDA NB NB
