Delhi: Vinay Sharma, one of the four men sentenced to death in Nirbhaya case, allegedly tried to hang himself with a towel at the high security Tihar jail in Delhi on Wednesday, August 24.

Sharma allegedly took pills before trying to hang himself. He was admitted to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital around midnight. He is kept under observation and police said he is likely to survive.The convict had demanded for more security last year alleging that he had been beaten up by other inmates.

In March 2013, Ram Singh, another accused in the Nirbhaya gang rape case, committed suicide by hanging in his Tihar Jail cell.

Six men were found guilty of raping and torturing the 23-year-old physiotherapist, who was on her way home after watching a movie on a winter evening. She died in hospital 13 days later. As street protests raged through a shocked nation, the government introduced major changes to laws on crimes against women.