A 56-year-old man, a resident of Rampur Municipality-3 in Palpa, was found dead at Bagnaskali Rural Municipality-2, Pokharathok.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Sunil Malla, Rem Bahadur Suryavanshi’s body was discovered in the lowland of Kharabari, 300 metres far from his home, Chanauli and 20 metres below a horse trail.

The body is at the Tansen-based Palpa Hospital for post-mortem.

Further investigation is underway, police said.