Kanpur: A woman accused of theft allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the bathroom ceiling at a state-run shelter home here.
She was lodged by police at the shelter home, as reported.
A 23-year-old woman, a resident of Magar Wara in Unnao, worked as domestic help.
Following the death, relatives of the deceased reached the mortuary and staged a protest.
'We are planning to conduct an inquiry to get all the facts in the case,' said DCP West (Kanpur) BBGTS Murthy.
The police said that a resident had filed a complaint at the Nawabganj police station suspecting that the daughter of the deceased woman stole jewellery from his house.
The minor girl used to work as a domestic helper in the complainant's house.
She was called to the Nawabganj police station for questioning.
She was lodged at the shelter home and asked to come to the police station again on Monday for quizzing.
However, in the morning, she was found dead inside the bathroom.
Kanpur District Probation Officer Jagdeep Singh said the woman and the minor girl were brought to the shelter home Monday around 2.15 am.
'The woman and her daughter were questioned in a theft case. Later, an FIR was lodged in the matter,' said Braj Narayan Singh.
Notably, the FIR was lodged at 3.36 am on May 9 and the body of the woman was found hanging in the shelter home's washroom only six hours later.
Police officer Brajesh Srivastava said a post-mortem has been performed on the body and a probe was ordered.
