KHOTANG: A migrant worker from Khotang district of Nepal was found dead at his apartment in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.

He has been identified as 39-year-old Laxman Rai from Jalapa-8 of Khotang district. He was in the Gulf nation for last 15 years.

A colleague of the deceased told local Janasewa Samaj Chairman Dan Bahadur Rai in Jalapa that Laxman, who had gone to bed after playing volleyball on Friday, was found dead on his bed the next morning.

He was working as a driver in Saudi.

It has been learned that his body is being prepared to bring home.

He is survived by wife, a son and daughter. The family currently lives in Tarahara of Sunsari district.