Guwahati, Oct. 21 -- Guwahati police have arrested a senior officer of a private insurance company on charges of abetment of suicide after a 29-year-old woman employee was found dead in her rented apartment in the city's Hengrabari area.

The woman was from Guwahati and was working for an insurance company.

"On Tuesday we received a call from the apartment's owner that there was no response from the woman and a foul stench was coming from inside. When we reached, we found the woman's body hanging from a ceiling fan inside," investigating officer at the Dispur police station Hiranya Phukon said.

A suicide note allegedly accused the officer, identified as Biswanath Das, of subjecting her to mental and physical torture, police said on Wedn...