The incident was reported at around 11 AM when the constable S Shaktiven was found hanging in the toilet of the hospital inside the camp of BSF's 44th battalion in Antagarh, a senior police official said.
A resident of Tamil Nadu, Shaktiven was posted with 140th battalion at Koyalibeda region and had been reportedly suffering from a kind of illness for some time, the officer added.
According to police, the victim had been visiting Antagarh camp hospital for the treatment.