A woman Sub-Inspector was found hanging in her official residential quarters at G Udaygiri in Kandhamal district on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Swagatika Behera, posted at the G Udayagiri police station in the district, since six months back.
According to reports, Swagatika was staying alone at the residential quarter. When she did not open the door of her house till late in the morning, her neighbours went to enquire and found her hanging from the ceiling.
While the reason behind death of the woman SI was yet to be ascertained, her brother alleged that she was being harassed by the IIC of the police station. Police have lodged an UD case and started investigation into the incident.