India, Feb. 13 -- The alleged suicide of an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) of Police in Odisha has taken a controversial turn after his body was handed over to another woman who claimed to be his second wife and was cremated before his wife reached the hospital.

The deceased has been identified as 47-year-old Biswajit Sethi of Patnagarh in Bolangir district. He was serving as an ASI in the 6th Battalion of the Odisha Armed Police.

According to reports, Biswajit had married Jyotsna Sethi of the Kuarmunda area in Sundargarh district on April 28, 2013. The couple has a teenage daughter. Since 2022, they had been living separately for some reasons.

While Biswajit was staying in a rented house at Pratapnagari under Sadar police limits in Cut...