Cuttack, Feb 8 (PTI) Six forest personnel, including a forest range officer, were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the alleged custodial death of a suspect in Odisha's Cuttack district, police said.

Dhaneswar Behera, a resident of Satagochia village in Badamba police station area, was on Sunday detained by the forest personnel, who suspected of his role in the death of a sick elephant, they said.

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He was kept at the Tigiria watch tower for questioning, they added.

"On Monday, Dhaneswar was found dead at the watch tower with injury marks on his body," a police officer said.

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The arrested personnel were booked under charges that deal with murder, wrongfully restraining a person, voluntarily causing hurt and wrongful confinement, among others.

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