Officials have said that a police constable, identified as Ramakant Panda (40), allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his residence in Orchha, Madhya Pradesh.
Sources have told The Quint, that Panda had been investigated by the Special Task Force (STF) around three months ago in relation to the Vyapam scam.
Panda’s daughter called up Orchha police station in-charge Dilip Singh Yadav to inform him that her father had not been responding to phone calls since yesterday.
A police team was sent to Panda’s residence. After they broke into the house, the team found the constable’s body in his room hanging from the ceiling fan.
Panda was alone at home at the time of the incident.
The police added that further investigation is on and a case has been registered.
(With inputs from PTI)
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