Vinay Sharma, one of the four men sentenced to death for gang-rape and murder in the Nirbhaya case allegedly tried to commit suicide by hanging himself with a towel in Tihar jail in Delhi on Wednesday.
Also Read: <a href="http://www.mid-day.com/articles/these-chilling-rape-and-murder-cases-shocked-the-nation-/17201151" target="_blank">These chilling rape and murder cases shocked the nation</a>
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/aug/vinay-sharma-m.jpg" alt="" width="435" height="290" /> Vinay Sharma. File pic/AFP
According to reports, Sharma allegedly even took pills before trying to commit suicide. He was admitted to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital,&nbsp;and is out of danger. Sharma had demanded more security last year after being beaten up in jail last year. He was hospitalised at 12.02 a.m.&nbsp;
Read Story: <a href="http://www.mid-day.com/articles/four-years-after-nirbhaya-delhi-remains-rape-capital-of-india/17523185" target="_blank">Four years after 'Nirbhaya', Delhi remains 'rape capital' of India</a>
It may be recalled that one of the other convicts Ram Singh was found hanging in Tihar jail back in March 2013.
The Nirbhaya case On December 16, 2012, six persons, including a juvenile, had brutally assaulted and raped a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in south Delhi.
The victim had died in a Singapore hospital on December 29, 2012.
The case is also referred to as the Nirbhaya gang rape case, and has shocking similarities to the recent gang rape and murder in Kerala.

Vinay Sharma, one of the four men sentenced to death for gang-rape and murder in the Nirbhaya case allegedly tried to commit suicide by hanging himself with a towel in Tihar jail in Delhi on Wednesday

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