TANAHUN:  A scrap collector was found dead at Dumre in Tanahun on Wednesday night.

The deceased has been identified as Sitaram Pariyar (45)  of Pandrung VDC, Gorkha.

The cause behind the death is yet to be ascertained, informed DSP Surendra Bahadur Gurung of the District Police Office, Tanahun.

No relatives of the deceased have come to claim the body, he added.

The body has been sent to the District Hospital for postmortem.