Two workers were found dead at a tile factory in Nawalparasi West on Wednesday night.

The deceased have been identified as 40-year-old Hom Bahadur Thapa of ward 13 in Bardaghat Municipality and 30-year-old Binod Kumar from Pratapganj district in Uttar Pradesh, India, police said.

Both were working at Kajaria Tiles Industry in ward 12 of Bardaghat Municipality. According to the Superintendent of Police Anupam Shrestha, chief of the District Police Office, Nawalparasi West, the workers were found dead while sleeping inside the factory.

Police said the bodies will be sent for forensic examination.

Although the incident is believed to have occurred around 3am, police were informed only at around 7–8am. Family members of the deceased alleged that the factory attempted to conceal the incident.

Relatives also said the deaths were suspicious and protested, claiming they were not informed in time about what had happened.