Anand Sharma, recently on bail for murder, died by suicide after alleged harassment

A man out on bail in a murder case fatally slit his throat with a paper cutter on Friday after he was confronted by a group of people for allegedly teasing a woman here, police said.

The SHO of Jhotwara police station, Rajendra Singh Shekhawat, said Anand Sharma, aged around 40, was allegedly teasing a woman sanitation worker for the past 4-5 days.

When her husband confronted him on Friday, leading to an altercation, local people gathered at the spot and started beating up Sharma, the SHO said.

In the middle of this, Sharma took out a paper cutter from his pocket and slit his throat. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared him dead due to excessive bleeding, Shekhawat said.

The SHO said that Sharma, a native of Alwar district who shifted to Jhotwara recently, was in judicial custody in Delhi in a case of murder and was released on bail sometime back.

Police have launched a probe after the sending the body for autopsy, he said.