<p>A 24-year-old man who was arrested on the charge of stealing was found dead inside a police station in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district, prompting the authorities to suspend four personnel.</p>.<p>Superintendent of Police Manoj Ratan Chothe said the accused identified as Ashfaq Khan allegedly strangled himself with his trouser in the washroom of Barhi police station on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Villagers caught Khan "stealing in a house" on Monday night and handed him over to the Barhi police station.</p>.<p>"When he was about to be taken for production in the court today, he wanted to use the toilet inside the detention room. When he did not return even after a few minutes, the police went inside and found that Khan killed himself,” Chothe said.</p>.<p>As the information reached the SP, he suspended four police personnel on the charge of alleged dereliction of duty.</p>.<p>Chothe said that he asked the SDPO of Barhi to enquire how the man died in police custody.</p>.<p>The relatives of the deceased and a section of villagers put up a blockade for some time on NH-2 alleging that Khan was killed because of torture in police custody.</p>
<p>A 24-year-old man who was arrested on the charge of stealing was found dead inside a police station in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district, prompting the authorities to suspend four personnel.</p>.<p>Superintendent of Police Manoj Ratan Chothe said the accused identified as Ashfaq Khan allegedly strangled himself with his trouser in the washroom of Barhi police station on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Villagers caught Khan "stealing in a house" on Monday night and handed him over to the Barhi police station.</p>.<p>"When he was about to be taken for production in the court today, he wanted to use the toilet inside the detention room. When he did not return even after a few minutes, the police went inside and found that Khan killed himself,” Chothe said.</p>.<p>As the information reached the SP, he suspended four police personnel on the charge of alleged dereliction of duty.</p>.<p>Chothe said that he asked the SDPO of Barhi to enquire how the man died in police custody.</p>.<p>The relatives of the deceased and a section of villagers put up a blockade for some time on NH-2 alleging that Khan was killed because of torture in police custody.</p>