Four police personnel, including a Station House Officer (SHO) of Hardibazar police post coming under Kusmunda Outpost Police Station in Korba district were suspended after an accused booked for theft charges was found dead in the lock-up of police post on Thursday.
One Head Constable had been line-attached in this connection, police said.
Dinesh Namdeo, 24, who was found hanging on Thursday early morning, was detained by the police on Wednesday evening. He was supposed to be formally arrested and produced in the court in Baripada on Thursday.
The accused was allegedly involved in a theft case, from a house of Professor of Hardibazar College, said Superintendent of Police (SP) D Shravan Kumar.
Four policemen including SHO, one Head Constable along with two constables of the police station were suspended while a Head Constable was line attached for dereliction of duty, he said.