Howrah, Dec. 22: Howrah police today suspended Gautam Chatterjee, the officer in charge of Bauria police station, on the basis of a complaint lodged by the son of a sub-inspector who was found hanging in his quarters yesterday.

Sub-inspector Tapan Kumar Jash’s son Kaushik had lodged the complaint in which he accused Chatterjee of “mentally torturing” his father.

“We have suspended the OC on charge of abetting suicide after a preliminary investigation,” said H.K. Kusumakar, superintendent of police, Howrah.

The police had started a probe against Chatterjee, after instructions from Kusumakar.

Kaushik said his father had told him he had lodged a complaint against the OC. “He also gave me the general diary number,” said Kaushik. Tapan was a resident of Arambagh.