India, Feb. 3 -- A Congress lawmaker's son in Bihar was found dead at the legislator's flat in state capital Patna on Monday morning, police said.

Police said the 17-year-old was a student at a Patna school.

The teenager was last seen by his family at dinner on Sunday evening. He subsequently went to sleep in his room at night. "When he did not wake up in the morning, the family peeped into the room and found him hanging," a police officer said.

Police said the legislator was on a visit to Gujarat's Ahmedabad when the incident took place. He has returned home since then.

Police said a police team from the Sachilwaya police station was investigating the case. Deputy superintendent of police Anu Kumari also went to the spot.

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