A police constable was found hanging at his government quarters in Tihidi of Bhadrak district on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Tofan Kumar Patra of Keonjhar. He had been posted at the Tihidi police station and residing in the quarters alone.
According to reports, Patra went to the quarters at around 1 am after completion of his duty. Shockingly, his neighbours spotted him in a hanging state in the house in morning and informed the police.
Cops recovered the body for postmortem and initiated an investigation into the incident to ascertain the circumstances under which he died.
Though the reason behind the death was yet to be known, it was suspected that he might have died by suicide.