POKHARA: A French national has been found dead in a hotel in Pokhara on Saturday morning.

The deceased has been identified as 32-year-old Laure Mara Yuette Tzancov Nedev (passport number 17AT 90602).

She had come to Nepal two weeks ago and stayed at Hotel Xinhua Guest House near Chhumrung in Annapurna Rural Municipality in Kaski district with her French friend.

They had returned from the Annapurna Base Camp on Friday and  stayed at the hotel where she was found dead inside her room on Saturday morning.

When Nedev did not wake up till late morning, her friend had informed the hotel operator and nearby people about the same.

According to DSP Khadga Bahadur Khatri at the Kaski District Police Office, the body has already been airlifted to Kathmandu.

Police are looking into the case.