A police official was found dead in the premises of a police station in Chhattisgarh's Korba district on Friday, an official said.
The body of Assistant Sub Inspector Narendra Singh Parihar, bearing injury marks, was found inside a barrack in Bango police station premises this morning, Korba Additional Superintendent of Police Abhishek Verma said. Parihar was posted at Bango police station.
After spotting his body, his colleagues informed senior officials, Verma said. The body has been sent for the post-mortem and the exact cause of the death will be known once the autopsy report is received, Verma added.
"Circumstantial evidence and injury marks on his body suggest that he was murdered," Verma said, adding that a case has been registered and further investigation is under way.