Bhubaneswar, April 29 -- A 23-year-old man, who was arrested for the alleged abduction of a minor girl, was found dead inside the toilet of a police station in Odisha's Nabarangpur district.

Nabarangpur Superintendent of Police (SP) Madkar Sandeep Sampat said prima facie it appears to be a case of suicide. "I have asked the addl SP to investigate the death and submit a report within 24 hours. We also called the family before sending the body for postmortem," said the SP.

The man was arrested on Tuesday over allegations of abducting and assaulting a minor girl. Police said he was detained on Monday and was scheduled to be produced in court on Wednesday.

His body was later sent to the Nabarangpur District Headquarters Hospital for postmo...