New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Six police officials of Noida, a satellite town of Delhi, were suspended Saturday after a man allegedly committed suicide in police lock-up.

According to Noida Police, the man committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling at around 3 a.m. Saturday.

"Taking note of the case, we have suspended six policemen, including SHO (station house officer) Deepak Chaturvedi for negligence of duty," said senior police official Soumetra Yadav.

He said investigations were on.

Apart from Chaturvedi, three assistant sub-inspectors - Mahesh Misra, H.S. Chouhan, P. Sharma and two constables - Ram Kumar and Vijendra Sharma, were also suspended.