MUMBAI: Vikram Atwal (40), the man accused of killing air hostess Rupal Ogrey, was found hanging in the bathroom of the police lockup. Andheri police informed that Vikram went to the bathroom adjacent to the lock-up on Friday morning and they later found him dead. The pants he was wearing were used to hang himself from the pipe. The incident took place on the day he was remanded in custody and was to be produced in court.

On September 3, the body of Rupal, a native of Chhattisgarh, was found with her throat slit in a flat in Mumbai. Andheri police arrested Vikram, who works in the housekeeping department here, the next day. Vikram had given a statement to the police that he killed Rupal by slitting her throat while she resisted a rape attempt. Vikram hails from Punjab.

Rupal was training as an air hostess with Air India.