India, Feb. 6 -- A 35-year-old man, who was taken into police custody for questioning in connection with a bike theft, was found dead on Thursday morning at Kanti police station in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district earlier this week, police said.

Two police personnel, including the station house officer (SHO) of Kanti police station, were suspended. Villagers, protesting against the custody death, attacked the police station and ransacked it, said a police officer.

Police allegedly picked up Shivam Kumar Jha, a resident of Kalwari village, late Tuesday evening for questioning after a bike theft case was lodged at Kanti police station against unidentified persons.

Jha's family claimed that a police team, not in uniform, arrived at their home...