Jajpur (Odisha), Jan 5 (PTI) A 24-year-old man, who was arrested on charges of circulating photos of intimate moments of him and his former girlfriend on social media, allegedly died by suicide in police custody in Odisha, an official said on Thursday.

The man was found hanging with an electric wire from the skylight of the Dhanmandal outpost in Jajpur district on Wednesday night, a day after his arrest. He died during treatment in a hospital in Cuttack.

Also Read | Earthquake in Afghanistan: Tremors Felt in Delhi-NCR After Quake of Magnitude 5.98 Jolts Fayzabad.

Police arrested him from his village on the basis of a complaint by a 21-year-old woman, his former lover who accused him of circulating photos of their intimate moments on social media after they broke up.

He was being interrogated in the outpost.

Also Read | Centre Stays All Tourism and Eco-Tourism Activities at Sammed Shikharji After Protests From Jain Community.

“He attempted suicide by hanging himself with a wire from the outpost's skylight last night. We admitted him to Barachana community health centre and later shifted him to SCB Medical College and Hospital where he died,” Sub Divisional Police Officer of Jajpur Road, Sanjaya Kumar Patnaik, said.

The matter is being investigated, he said.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)