A Sub Inspector of Nepal Police was found dead at his house in Sipadol Taukhel in Suryabinayak Municipality-8 of Bhaktapur on Sunday morning.

Police Inspector Kishor Dhungana of Bhaktapur Police Range said Sub Inspector Bal Krishna Upadhyaya Ghimire, 44, was found dead in his room on the third floor of the house at 7 am.

Ghimire was deployed at Nepal Police Headquarters in Naxal.

According to Dhungana, the cause of his death is yet to be known.

Police took the body to the Duwakot-based Kathmandu Medical College for an autopsy.