Giridih, May 26 (PTI) A SSB personnel, who was on panchayat election duty, was found dead with a bullet wound in Jharkhand's Giridih district on Thursday, police said.

The body of the jawan, a resident of Shikaripara in Dumka district, was found in Bagodar area, they said.

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"Prima facie it seems that he has died by suicide. Family dispute could be a reason," Giridih's Superintendent of Police Amit Renu said.

Jharkhand will vote in the fourth phase of panchayat elections on Friday.

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Meanwhile, an improvised explosive device (IED) was found under a culvert in Nmiyaghat police station area of the district, police said.

The IED was defused and search operations are underway in the area, they said.

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