85yo among three men found dead in Valley

KATHMANDU: Three men were found dead in three separate locations in the Valley, two in Kathmandu and one in Lalitpur, on Tuesday, police said.

An 85-year-old man's body was discovered in an open field in Bouddha area of KMC-16. The deceased has been identified as Krishna Prasad Gautam, who hailed from Kavrepalanchok district.

The body found on the roadside near the Ganesh Temple in Kuleshwar was of 55-year-old Kali Bahadur Bhandari, according to police. He used to beg alms for the living.

The third person, who was found dead in the premises of Bajrabarahi Temple premises in Lalitpur, was Deepak Basnet (28) of Okhaldhunga. He was a beggar living in the temple area, police said.