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.
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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.
