Man found dead in Mahottari

JANAKPURDHAM: A man, who saw police arresting three persons with 101 kg of marijuana, was found dead near a brick kiln at Ekdara Rural Municipality-5 in Mohottarai district on Tuesday.

The deceased has been identified as Ramshrista Yadav (42) of Jaleshwor Municipality-7, SP Dinesh Acharya of the District Police Office, Mahottari said. The reason behind the death is yet to be ascertained.

Yadav had been missing since Friday.

Jaleshwor Municipality-7 Ward Chairman Chabilal Yadav said that the incident looks very suspicious.

Police have sent the body to the Jaleshwor Hospital for postmortem.

Police said that they are looking into the case.