DAMAULI: A forest guard of Huchung Community Forest in Tanahun was found dead on Wednesday night.

The body of fifty-year-old Chitra Bahadur Thapa was found in Sapangdi Khola near the forest in Shukla Gandaki municipality-5.

His kin had launched a search after Thapa didn’t come home after having left for duty in the morning.

The body was handed over to the kin. Police said investigation is on.