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Rape accused commits suicide at Covid centre in Thane

Thane, May 30 (UNI) A 24-year-old man, arrested by the Rural Police in a rape case and lodged at a Covid centre for treatment, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan there.
Police had traced and arrested the deceased, Gyanu Ramsharan Halwai, from Uttar Pradesh on May 20 in the case of rape registered with the Padga police station.
He was remanded into police custody and later to the magisterial custody, police said on Sunday.
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