A day after the father of an arrested follower of Dera Sacha Sauda head ended his life in Sirsa, a follower of the sect arrested for violence by Haryana police committed suicide in a washroom of Central Jail in Ambala on Sunday.

Ravinder Kumar, who belonged to Sarsawa village of Saharanpur, was lodged in barrack number 1 of the jail after his arrest in a case of sedition and under the Arms Act registered at Mansa Devi Complex police station in Panchkula. The jail staff found him hanging from a cloth tied to the window at around 2pm. Duty magistrate Sher Singh has started the inquest proceedings.

Ambala SP Abhishek Jorwal said they were yet to record the statement of the victim's family. "We have not found any suicide note. The jail staff told us that he was present in the morning assembly and had lunch with others. He used the cloth tied on his head to hang himself," said Jorwal.