Ayodhya (PTI): The body of a police inspector was found hanging in his rented apartment in front of the police station in Ayodhya, where he was posted.

Omkar Nath (46) was found hanging from the iron railing next to the stairs leading to the upper floor of his rented accommodation located right opposite the police station in Mainuddinpur village on Wednesday, police said.

The deceased was a resident of Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh.

He was promoted to the post of inspector only a few days ago. Prior to this, he had been posted as a senior sub-inspector at the Purakalandar police station in the district. He was recently transferred to the Faizabad police station as the inspector (crime) and was expected to take charge on Wednesday evening, they added.

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Vadodara (PTI): A 22-year-old man was dragged into a river by a crocodile in Gujarat's Vadodara district on Thursday and search operations are currently underway to locate him, a police official said.

The incident took place at 1:30pm when Mithun Vasava, a resident of Kagdipara village, had gone to take a dip in Dev river amid the stifling heat, the official told PTI.

"The crocodile suddenly attacked the man and dragged him into the river. Search operations are currently underway to locate Vasava," the official added.